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

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

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

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

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

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

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

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

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.