This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

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.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.