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

Steam out your ears for New Year's Eve.

Haven for steampunks.

A modern addition to the Greenpoint skyline.

Home to first responders to Greenpoint's devastating oil fires.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

The return of something once considered a basic part of life.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.