A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

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

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

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

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

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

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

New York's oldest magic store.

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