All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

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

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.