Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

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

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.

All that remains of a magnate's dream home is a historic gate and an abandoned public pool.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

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

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This once luxurious Catskills resort is now a haunting ruin.

This mouldering abandoned mental hospital was once a center for progressive healing.

A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."

A restored Shell gas station from 1937 that includes a tow truck, the original gas pumps, and the original office.