Uncover the stories of NYC's independently food manufacturers who make everything from chocolate bars to turmeric elixirs!

But did you know that beneath IKEA's parking lot, and still outlined in cobblestones that trace its former edges, lies the first graving dock in the United States? A graving dock is a type of dry dock ...

Discover the fates of the “Four Sisters,” FDNY fireboats named the Wilks, Archer, Wagner and Smith—one of which became a ...

Explore the home of an honor society whose members include leading architects, artists, writers, and musical composers!

How does "a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by providence, impoverished and squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?" ...

The words “stunning” and “opulent” are hardly enough to describe the grandeur of Washington Heights‘ United Palace, the fifth of ...

July has finally arrived, and midsummer in New York City is welcoming an array of murals and sculptures that are ...

Arts & Culture NYC Locations in The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland Discover connections between 1930s NYC and a female spy at the center of Nazi art ...

Gain a greater understanding of the past, present, and future of the World Trade Center Site on this guided tour led by fellow Untapped New York Insider and 9/11 Memorial Museum volunteer Lisa Kleist.

Nestled amongst the hustle and bustle of Wall Street’s financial towers and office buildings there is a rather unassuming bank with a spectacular secret inside. Through the gold revolving doors at the ...

In the latest Untapped New York Podcast episode, our founder Michelle Young, who also has a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and ...

Just prior to New York State going on PAUSE for coronavirus, we went to visit Roosevelt Island‘s amazing pneumatic tube trash system. Below the streets, residential garbage is whisked underground and ...