This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Become a prohibition rebel.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

The loneliest island in New York.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Discover the taste of mold.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.