Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

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

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

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

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

Quirky movable sculptures have been racing through the town since 1983.

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