Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

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

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

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

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

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

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

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

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.