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A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

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

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

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

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.