Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

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

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.