Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

The home of former Heavyweight Boxing Champion, "Gentleman Jim" Corbett.

A Manhattan Episcopal church with an eerie underground crypt.

This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

A monument stands to the famous suffragist who penned the declaration for women's equal rights, including the right to vote.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

An activist who committed her life to peace and women's suffrage.