Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.