A veritable variety of odds and ends.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

Discover the taste of mold.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.