Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The loneliest island in New York.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

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

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

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

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

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

New York's oldest magic store.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.