The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

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

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.