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

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

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

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

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

The saddest little diner in New York.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

David Sedaris called it "The greatest shop in the world."

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.

"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

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

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