Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.

Inside a former cabaret, seven floors of erotic art.

The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.

A temple belonging to the largest Buddhist order in South Korea nestled in the middle of New York City.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A Gothic-style abode built to accommodate the church's three resident peacocks.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.