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

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

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

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

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Entering this curiosity shop is like stepping into a mad scientist's lab.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.