You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

A small graveyard is hidden in the midst of a bustling university campus.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.