A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.

A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

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

How did a 2,000-year-old Roman column find its way to a Chicago park?

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

This ambiguous pig shrine is actually a monument to a beloved queen.