This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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 whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

New York's oldest magic store.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.