Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

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

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

This vintage car parts store is also a museum devoted to a squat little gem of automotive history.

Come for the records, stay for the retro pinball machines.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.