These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

The longest step street in the city.

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

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

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.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

What was once a vast naval cemetery is now home to nesting birds and pollinating bees.

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.