A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

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

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.