An interesting look into 18th-century American history.

This sprawling art park is filled with sculptures, nature trails, and art workshops.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

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

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

A fire station-turned-church-turned-museum dedicated to the work of seminal light artist Dan Flavin.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.