Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

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

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

This mysterious artificial cave has long puzzled New Englanders.

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

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This classic steam-powered train takes tourists on a nostalgic trip around the Connecticut River Valley.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A sober museum housed in the original administrative building of one of Stalin's largest gulags.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.