A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

Every animal in the torah taxidermied and crammed into a Brooklyn townhouse.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Haven for steampunks.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

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

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

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

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

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

A posh members-only club with a literally dramatic history.

I fought the law and the precinct caved in.

Discover the taste of mold.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.