The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

Home to a dizzying array of letterpress blocks with a rich history.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

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

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

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

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

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

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

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

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

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.