The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

A Canadian POW for German soldiers during WWII where prisoners hatched an elaborate escape plan.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

A museum devoted to bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories through exhibitions, education and public programming.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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