A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The mass grave of a heroic Revolutionary War regiment sits below an empty lot near the Gowanus Canal.

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

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

Become a prohibition rebel.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

At this rare mosque in Tbilisi, Sunni and Shia Muslims pray side by side.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Where infamous mobster and leader of Murder Inc. Albert Anastasia made his home.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.