A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

In the back of a nondescript sports bar is a museum-worthy mural by legendary cartoonists.

Every year model trains zip through a miniature New York City that's now 150 landmarks strong.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

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

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

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

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

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.