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

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

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

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

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

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

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

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.