A one-ton statue of Steve Rogers beautifies the entry to a Brooklyn Bed, Bath & Beyond.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

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

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

Between Missoula and Spokane, a family-owned travel center has an unusual museum in the back.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

A man's head is enshrined beneath a statue near the first building constructed for the modern Olympic Games.

Elaborate stone houses constructed from the ruins of war.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.