An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

According to a gruesome legend, an architect sacrificed his wife to build this spectacular, 16th-century cathedral.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.

The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

Three-story slide through the New Museum.

Visit the site of a subway powered by nothing more than air--and lots of it.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Depression-era fun lives on in this Harlem museum dedicated to the sport of the street.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

A world of whimsy and wonder aboard a one of a kind historic landmark vessel.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.