This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.

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

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Yo, Adrian!

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

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.