A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

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

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

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

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

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

The most confusing clock in New York.

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

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.