More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A Bibliophile's Dream.