The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

A hidden bar inside an ad agency has a deliberately misleading name, so employees can stay late under pretext of paperwork.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

Discover the taste of mold.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.