This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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

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

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.