A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

A Brooklyn exhibit all about Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding in 1994.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

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

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

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

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.