A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

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.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."