A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

New York's oldest magic store.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

The lasting remains of the region's once booming cement industry.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

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

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The only surviving building of historic West Boylston, which was flooded to create the Wachusett Reservoir.

Mary Rowlandson's kidnapping ordeal became one of the nation's first best-selling books.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.

A mysterious stone embedded at the base of a historic Boston building.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.