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

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

This 252 step staircase offers stunning views of San Jose.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This arch granting triumphal entrance into Antalya was designed to honor the emperor's visit.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.

The magic's in the hole!