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

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

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

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

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

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

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

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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

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

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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

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

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

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.