Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

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

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

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

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.