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This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

This abandoned caretaker's apartment is one of 13 left in the New York Public Library system.

Discover the taste of mold.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

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

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

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

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.

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

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

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

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

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