Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

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

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

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

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

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.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.