The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

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

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

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

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

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.