The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

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

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.