New York, New York
Hwa Yuan Szechuan
Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.
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Brooklyn, New York
The Japanese-Style House of Prospect Park South
This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.
San Francisco, California
Chamber of Secrets Door
This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.
New York, New York
The Narrowest Building in New York
This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.
New York, New York
Rat Rock in Morningside Heights
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
New York, New York
Gay Liberation
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
New York, New York
Amiable Child Monument
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
New York, New York
Museum at Eldridge Street
America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.
New York, New York
Tom's Restaurant
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
Hamilton Grange
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
New York, New York
Harry Jenning's Rat Pit of the Five Points
This humble historic facade hides a history of boozing and the gentlemanly sport of rat-fighting.
San Francisco, California
450 Sutter Street
Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.
San Francisco, California
Lotta's Fountain
San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
President Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
San Francisco, California
Birthplace of Isadora Duncan
Home of modern dancer famously strangled by her own scarf.
New York, New York
First Shearith Israel Graveyard
Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.
New York, New York
Greenwich Locksmith
Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.
San Francisco, California
Bohemian Club
Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.
San Francisco, California
Bourbon & Branch
A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.
