A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

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

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.

Along a rail-biking route, giant insects house a two-story restaurant.

Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.

A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.