New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Check out the underground party scene at the "Burning Man of Brooklyn."

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

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

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

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

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

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

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.

This stockpile of junked electronic and mechanical gadgets is a favorite among Hollywood prop masters.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.