The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This recipe is set in stone.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

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

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

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

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

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

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

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

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

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