"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

An abandoned Gold Coast-era mansion once intended for the exiled ruler of Albania, who never arrived.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

Spies, love letters, and ghost stories have all left their mark on this home-cum-museum.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

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

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.