Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Become a prohibition rebel.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.