Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

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.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

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

This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.

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 world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.