A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.