The "Seinfeld" diner.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

The world's largest collection of materials relating to lesbian history is housed in a Brooklyn townhouse.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This fine-dining restaurant features native New Zealand ingredients and Māori cooking.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.