Places CircaVermont Wants to Go

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

The iconic Manhattan corner that was once the site of the Beastie Boys' fake clothing store.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

A small part of the local arts scene, this “little free cinema” is part homage to the past, part interactive experience.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

The haunting ruins of a once-holy church now stand as a forgotten relic of Montreal’s past.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

A historic Montreal market that was the city's agricultural hub for over century.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.