This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

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

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

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

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

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

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.