Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

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

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

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

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.