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

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

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

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

New York's oldest magic store.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

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

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.