A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

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

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

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.