A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

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

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

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

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

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.