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

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

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

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

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

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.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.