The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

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

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

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.