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

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.