Places Lillive Wants to Go

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Reverend Jen's unique museum/living room showcases her troll collection.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

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

The secret behind these nostalgic light fixtures: They're not as old as they may seem.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

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

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!