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

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

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

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

New York's oldest magic store.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.

These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.