Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

One of the last taxidermists in New York City.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

The former sign of this immortal music venue is just that--undying.

A basement pool hall is the front for some of the best Dominican food in New York City.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

The site where Joe Gallo kept his guns, pet lion, and launched an all out mob war in 1960s Brooklyn.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

This preserved wilderness hides the remains of a colonial grain mill used to feed George Washington's troops.

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.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

New York City's first Modernist house.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.