Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.

A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.