A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

Once considered the height of medical modernity, this structure is now the oldest remaining component of Roosevelt Hospital.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.