This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

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

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

This quirky museum celebrates the history of a local cod fishing industry.

A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.