Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Known as the "Forgotten City" it was home to industry, riots, artists, squatters, and to one of the largest single disaster fires in New York City.

A cargo of beautiful music.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

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

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A yoga studio and venue for "chill-out parties" in a former chicken slaughterhouse.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.