Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

New York's oldest magic store.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

This state-of-the-art planetarium takes architectural inspiration from the sun itself.

Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.