A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

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

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.