Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

New York's oldest magic store.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.