Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

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

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

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

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.