Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

The first inhabitants of this remote town faced a grisly death.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

A lone cannonball remains lodged in the walls of the Hotel de Sens as a sober reminder of a revolution.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

A giant silver apple a day keeps the perils of capitalism away.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.

A caravanserai turned into a museum showcasing the mastery of local carpenters.

This 16th-century Moroccan fortress-turned-armory museum offers prime views of the historic quarter in Fes.

The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.

This restored 17th century synagogue is one of the few remaining structures in Morocco’s ruined Jewish quarters.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.