A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.