A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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.

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

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

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

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

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.