Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.

A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Two cannon-like cranes were installed on top of the bank building to fend off bad feng shui.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

Meant to be a lavish presidential home, the palace became a symbol of the fall of South Vietnam.

This French colonial post office is arguably the grandest in all of Southeast Asia.

Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

The last standing puppet theater on Long Island.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.