Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

First LEED-certified gas station in the United States.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

One of the largest public housing complexes in New York once visited by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Manhattan and the Bronx have been playing tug-of-war over this former island neighborhood for more than a century.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A 250 million-year-old rock formation has earned a rather unique nickname.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."