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Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

Both the cocktails and the dive bar vibes are immaculate at this Mid-City watering hole.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Historic beer hall in Bucharest with magnificent stained glass and a lively folk band.

Kitschy nautical-themed bar has offered mermaid shows and underwater ballet since 1956.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

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

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

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

One man’s obsessive, 30-plus-year quest is behind the pies at this spot on the Lower East Side.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.