This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

A community gathering place that once housed half-ton tanks and the World's Fair.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Discover the taste of mold.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.