The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

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

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Here be dragons.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Walking around West Harlem reveals a scavenger hunt of beautiful bird murals.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

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

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.