Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.

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

This seemingly unremarkable boulder is said to bear the hoofprint of the devil himself.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

The mysterious round rocks of Schooner Gulch.

A striking eight-story-high obelisk perched on a coastal California cliff.

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Over a century old, this restored Victorian building is surrounded by a lush garden filled with rare palms.

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