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

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

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

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

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

A former connection to City Island, it has been abandoned since the 1930s.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

Legendary private island in the Bronx...devoid of rats.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.