“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

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

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

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.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.