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

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

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

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

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

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

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

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

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

Haven for steampunks.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

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

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