Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

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

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

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

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

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

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

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

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The "Seinfeld" diner.