The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

Tucked behind the Institute of Neurological Science down a decrepit street resides the largest display of human brains in Latin America.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

A market for witches is hidden within a train station.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

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

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

Oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.