A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Become a prohibition rebel.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

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

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.