This nearly invisible wire transforms much of the city into one big, symbolic home on the holy day.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

A hamlet full of permanent Christmas spirit holds one of the earliest theme parks in the United States.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.

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

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

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