The "Seinfeld" diner.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

Little Red Lighthouse under the George Washington Bridge.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

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

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

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

The magic's in the hole!

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.