This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

This old estate is a remnant of when the Bronx was a popular summer destination for wealthy New Yorkers.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

During the American Revolution, this mansion hosted failed peace talks between the British and Americans.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

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

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.