Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

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.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.