A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

This one-of-its-kind shipyard brings the 12th-century Viking Age back to life.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

Where now stands a 42-story condominium tower of marble, glass and steel was once the central market of New York’s slave trade.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

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