Hostels are popular in Europe, but they haven't yet caught on in America. I booked a stay at a hostel in New York City to see how it stacked up.

The cool photos I found online of the glowing capsule pods piqued my interest. I booked a double-bed pod for 60 Singapore dollars, or $45, and made my way to Mosque Street on a Friday in early March.

Take a visual tour of an Old Town Chinatown hotel-to-be — a building that's been largely untouched for the past 70 years.