The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

The mummified relics of an American missionary.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

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

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

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A Brooklyn exhibit all about Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding in 1994.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

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