A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

A massive art collective tries a new take on Brooklyn's DIY music scene—by making it fully legal.