Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

This translucent sculpture represents a quintessential component of New York City's skyline.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

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

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A quick trip around the globe through an amazing miniature exhibit.