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

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.