America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

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

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

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

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

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

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

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

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

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

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.