Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Prank calls to this place, originally the "Tube Bar," inspired the creation of a Simpsons character.

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

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

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

Science meets wall art to highlight the beauty of famous mathematical equations.

Built by crowdsourcing, this wooden foot bridge saved a part of Rotterdam that was languishing in wait of city funding.

Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.