Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

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

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

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

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

The loneliest island in New York.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.