Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

A wild-haired maestro surrenders to artistic passion in this multi-story mural.

The Pickle Guys stand as a salt-stained holdout of the Lower East Side’s historic pushcart culture.

One of only two exposed meteor impact craters in the United States

Looking like something out of a fairytale, this tiny house was built over a stream to avoid paying land taxes

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

Wedged between streets and buildings, this ancient Roman theatre could seat 7000 spectators.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

A small piece of Scotland sits in a park in Lower Manhattan.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

New York's oldest magic store.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

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

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.