Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Discover the taste of mold.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

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

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

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

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

This hidden park hosts a rogue’s gallery of eccentric architectural obelisks.

The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.