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This nondescript coffee shop conceals one of the wildest patisseries in New York City.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

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

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

There are owls with glowing eyes in Herald Square.