A rather vulgar example of the transition from Latin to the Italian vernacular.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

New York's oldest magic store.

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

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

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

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.