This New York florist also sells traditional tofu pudding.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

Nine nice parcels of land along a flight path offer a quiet respite... until a plane soars overhead.

An unassuming stone building houses New York City's oldest seismic station almost 30 feet below the Bronx.

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

The oldest private residence in New York City.

These sculptures were designed to beautify this neighborhood when it was established in the 1940s.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A playground the size of a city block is a modernist monument to civic values and public housing.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.