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Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

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

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

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

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Brooklyn’s wildest restaurant is serving ice cream in snail shells and marrow bones.

The final resting place of a former Dodgers and Mets player can be found in central Brooklyn, in the first diocesan cemetery for Catholics in the borough.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.