A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

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

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

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

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

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

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.