The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

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

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

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

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.