Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

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

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

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

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

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.