One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

This vanilla farm serves its crops at an on-site café.

A Yiddish theater turned movie house turned rock and roll landmark turned gay disco turned bank.

The saddest little diner in New York.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

If it hadn't been caught in time, a flaw in the design of this Manhattan skyscraper could have led to its collapse.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

This beautiful Brooklyn monument over a crypt memorializes a grim and largely unknown story from the American Revolution.

This landmark building is now a vibrant performing arts space with musical acts from around the world.

A well-worn marker in a forgotten alleyway is all that remains of what had been one of Manhattan's most beautiful buildings.

This Bronx apartment building is officially recognized as the birthplace of hip-hop.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.