This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This 40-room dwelling tucked within a cliff was built by the basin's prehistoric residents.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

One of America's oldest stadiums was also the site of one of the most brutal anti-labor acts in American history.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

The sprawling attraction boasts a collection of more than 150 historic wagons.

A 1930’s courtroom where John Dillinger and his gang went before a judge.

During World War II this was the site of an "honor camp" used as a prison for draft dodgers, Native American conscientious objectors, and Japanese-Americans—including a man who brought his case against the camp to the Supreme Court.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.