The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

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

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Known as the "Grand Lady of Jersey City,” the city's first racially-integrated hotel was owned by a preacher who was, depending on who you ask, a cult leader, civil rights pioneer, or the manifestation of God.

Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

A century-old historical movie theatre that plays a mix of independent and mainstream films.

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

The nation's second-ever First Lady urged the founding fathers to "remember the ladies."

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history, this memorial has faced its fair share of backlash.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.