The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

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

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

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

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

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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