Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A partially hidden wall graffitied by spectators of the 1976 Bicentennial, recently rediscovered.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

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

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

Staten Island's original central park is the former home of the city water supply as well as thousands of immigrant graves.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

Here be dragons.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Storage warehouse of the rich and famous.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

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

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.