This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Feast on some of the finest momos in all of Queens.

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

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

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Ever wanted the laymen's version of your credit card fine print?

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

Down a stairway in the East Village, you could once read a plaque describing an alternate history of a fictional version of Manhattan.