One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

New York's oldest magic store.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

Outside Grand Valley State University, you'll find a bench upon which many were said to have sat according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, waiting for a guide of time.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

This massive World War II calculator hearkens back to the days when "computer" was a job title.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

Thousands of crosses and markers for soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan blanket a California hillside.

A shining, cold, black organ lies in San Francisco's financial district.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.