Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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

The oldest surviving synagogue in New York City is now a soaring art space.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt worth a million dollars.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.