A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

Costa Rica's best known combat zone, used during the Battle of Santa Rosa.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.