Pizza with a side of fine art.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

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

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

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

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

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

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

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

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

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.