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

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

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

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.