Hidden out of public view in the National Library of Israel is a collection of "Stalag's," 1960s Nazi themed porno paperbacks written and consumed by Israelis.

A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.

Two innocuous monuments found in separate locations attempt to unite a city.

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

Oldest Protestant church in the Middle East, designed to resemble a synagogue.

The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.

This "Jewish Sistine Chapel" was designed to reinvigorate Judaism's artistic legacy but was almost lost to misguided restoration.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

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

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

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