The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

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

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Decommissioned NYC subway cars are dumped into the ocean to create this underwater wildlife habitat.

A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.