This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

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.

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

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

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

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The King is honored by an elaborate grotto on a continent he never visited.

This 20-story artwork on a public housing block is the tallest mural in the Southern Hemisphere and tells the story of a community.

This 19th-century convent is now a flourishing 21st-century hub for art.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

An incredible garden taking over the interior of a massive sinkhole.

The once-dying town of Sheffield, Tasmania has reinvented itself as a village of painted wonders.

A small troop of Japanese macaques live peacefully in the heart of this Tasmanian city.

The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.

The world's tallest shot tower—maybe.