Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Funhouse of found art and participatory sculpture.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.