A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

The loneliest island in New York.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

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

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

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

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

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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