An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This castle-like building in Manhattan helped destigmatize cancer in the 19th century.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Church featuring "high Victorian gothic" architecture.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

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

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.