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A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A collaborative art project that transformed a neighborhood in NYC's Queens.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

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

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

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

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.