A Natural History and Science Emporium.

Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

A long abandoned hospital building on the outskirts of NYC.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.

Opened in 1947, this is the oldest continuously-operating drive-in theater in New York.

Take an underground boat ride through a former hydraulic raceway that was built in the late 19th century.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

A distillery built on (and above!) mobster Dutch Schultz's Prohibition-era underground moonshine business.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.

Homemade rockets, dinosaurs, and robots make this New York small business much more than a furniture store.