A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

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

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.

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

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

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

The saddest little diner in New York.

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

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

Become a prohibition rebel.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

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

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

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

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

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