For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

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

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

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

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

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

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

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

A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

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

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

Haven for steampunks.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

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