A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Walk over a 150 year old manhole.

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

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

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.