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

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

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

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

This sculpture forces visitors to confront their relationship with space.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.