Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

On this island, you suck away your garbage via an elaborate pneumatic tube system.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

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.

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

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

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

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

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

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.