A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

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.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

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

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

This singular Mexican structure is considered a masterpiece of the Tapatía architectural school.