This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

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

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

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

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

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

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

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

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

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

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles