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This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

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

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The institution is sitting on a goldmine of 21,000 paints, varnishes, pigments, and primers preserved for posterity.

One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.