Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

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

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.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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.

There's a piece of New York City transportation history hidden in plain sight at a Manhattan subway stop.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

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

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.