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

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

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

This historic hub for labor unions has survived the city's changing landscape.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.