Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

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

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

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

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.