New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

The middle finger of modernity.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

New York's oldest magic store.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

The most confusing clock in New York.