"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The most confusing clock in New York.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.