This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

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

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

The biblical sculpture honors those who lost their lives, homes and communities to the Chernobyl disaster.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.