Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

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

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

"The Wonder From Down Under," a worm shaped museum celebrating the endangered Giant Gippsland earthworm.

These naturally occurring but rare geological formations are each about the size of a small house.

In the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, this marker marks the severe haven of War Kangaroos that once roamed here in the fictional parallel world of Kcymaerxthaere.

Monument to the area's potato and lamb industries.

Australia's only intact colonial warship never saw action before being turned into a scenic wreck.