Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

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

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

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

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

New York's oldest magic store.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.