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.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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

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

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

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

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.