Though dynamited and defaced, the statue still stands outside the law courts in Georgetown, Guyana.

Georgetown’s most impressive building is also one of the tallest wooden churches in the world.

This softball diamond has a culture all its own.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

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

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This 19th-century clock has been restored to help withstand the harsh environment of its seaside home.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

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

This former water source for the City of Brooklyn is now a thriving natural wetland.

Final resting place for the Triangle Shirtwaist fire’s unidentified victims.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

The most radioactive spot in New York City can also fix your muffler.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

The oldest private residence in New York City.

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

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

This recently uncovered ad for Lindsay's run at Mayor in 1965 had been hiding for decades underneath a billboard.