The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

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

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A crumbling staircase in upper Manhattan is all that remains of one of the most important sites in sports history.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

In Kolkata's China Town, a temple to the Hindu goddess Kali.

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

The world's largest secondhand book market is a haven for bibliophiles and bargain hunters.

This historic complex is home to the oldest Christian grave in Kolkata, India.

Kolkata’s only Portuguese church has a curious link with chickens.

For just a few hours each morning, this market serves specialties from the city's shrinking Chinese-Indian community.