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

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

Become a prohibition rebel.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

New York's oldest magic store.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.