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

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Become a prohibition rebel.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Haven for steampunks.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

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

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

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