An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

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

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

What happens here stays here – unless it affects the whole world.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

Discover the taste of mold.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.