This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

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

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

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

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

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

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A playground inspired by differential calculus dangles from the ceiling of the Liberty Science Center.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.