A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Here be dragons.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

This hidden library of physiological ephemera contains centuries worth of knowledge on the vim and viscera of the human body.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

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

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

New York's oldest magic store.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.