Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

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

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

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

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

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

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

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.