The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

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.

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.