This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

Secret hideaway for an alternative beach experience.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

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