Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

This small, hidden cove is home to abandoned boats.

A cargo of beautiful music.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

A Natural History and Science Emporium.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

New York's oldest magic store.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.