Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

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

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

Here be dragons.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

The simple auditorium that launched a pop icon's career into the stratosphere.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.