On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

Budapest's Communist-era statues, banished to the suburbs.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.

A large circus museum with summer performances.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

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

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

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

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.