A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

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

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.