An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

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

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

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

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

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

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

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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