This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

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

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

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

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

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

The loneliest island in New York.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

This stone quarry was used to make axes and other tools more than 6,000 years ago.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.

The second-largest natural arch in the Chartreuse Mountains.