Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

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

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

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

An 1883 schoolhouse now home to collective of artists.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

The childhood home of one of America's greatest unsung troubadours still stands in a much changed Brooklyn neighborhood.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.