A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

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

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

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.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Small monoliths of several varieties of stone sit alongside a wooded path in the Bronx.

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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

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

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.