The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Piano-making empire filled with 200-year-old steam machines still churning out 1,000 instruments a year.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

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.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.