On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

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

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

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

A retired subway car stands alone in a field in the middle of Queens.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

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

Haven for steampunks.

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

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

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

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

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.