Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

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

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.