Nearly four centuries after its founding, remnants of one of the oldest planned communities in North America are still visible in southern Brooklyn.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

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

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

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

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

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

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Large rock high in the mountains of Yunnan that is naturally shaped like a chair, complete with arms.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

A progressive LGBTQ hub offers dancing, HIV testing, art, and more.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.