A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Discover the taste of mold.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

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

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

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

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

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

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

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

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.