"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The longest pier in North America stretches over the Chesapeake Bay.

The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Delve into the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay, harbor town history, and a quiet seaside garden at this charming library.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

This 25-foot-tall gorilla made his way from the Wildwood boardwalk to a Pine Barrens gas station and deli.