Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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.

Haven for steampunks.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Beer lover's can-covered house.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.

Moscow's imposing monument to the Space Age.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.