One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.