New York, New York
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Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
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New York, New York
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
New York, New York
This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.
New York, New York
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
New York, New York
Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.
New York, New York
Become a prohibition rebel.
New York, New York
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
New York, New York
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
New York, New York
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
New York, New York
This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
New York, New York
The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.
New York, New York
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.
New York, New York
This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.
New York, New York
Home to a dizzying array of letterpress blocks with a rich history.
New York, New York
An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.
New York, New York
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."
Bailleau-Armenonville, France
A small museum of antique transport that's a must-see for bicycle lovers.
Achères-la-Forêt, France
A village of art and exotic creations.
Haute-Isle, France
The Church of the Annunciation was carved into the face of a cliff, just like the rest of the town of Haute-Isle.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France
Huge Russian Orthodox cemetery in danger of being converted into open public space.
Fontenay-en-Parisis, France
The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
This prehistoric figurine is the oldest known realistic depiction of a human face.
Versailles, France
Perfume museum and library.