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Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

This impressive mansion in Vinegar Hill has some mysterious details in its architecture.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

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

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

A historic 1890s architectural masterpiece with an iconic clock tower that, once open to the public, now faces an uncertain future.

A 9-story, poured concrete structure which was used as a glue factory with an indelible smell.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

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

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

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

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.