This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

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.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

This 19th century brick building in Brooklyn stands out like the anachronistic landmark that it is.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.