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

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A working metal shop and venue for outrageous art and music shows in a former cannonball factory.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

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

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

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

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

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

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

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

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

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

New York's oldest magic store.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.