This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A Brooklyn exhibit all about Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding in 1994.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

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

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

This one-man homegrown eatery may be the world's most exclusive restaurant with its five-year waiting list.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.