Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

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

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

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

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

There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

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

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Currently housing a corporate bank branch this building at the southern tip of Manhattan was once the gateway to luxury vacationing.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.