The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Manhattan's Thirteenth Avenue was made on landfill then deliberately destroyed — apart from one small, obscure block.

New York's oldest magic store.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

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

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

This hands-on math museum believes in turning concepts into constructs.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

The histories of modern Chinese literature and anti-Japanese resistance collide in this Shanghai park.

Leave the wardrobes and sweets to British schoolchildren, Shanghai's got a Coke machine that leads to booze.

A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.

This film studio and amusement park is considered one of the greatest filming locations in China.

The largest radio telescope in the world searches for extraterrestrial life from the remote limestone peaks of southern China.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

This historic library honors the legacy of the British Empire's first children's librarian.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.