The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Become a prohibition rebel.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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