Dolls of all shapes and sizes display the eras of femininity in this spooky and beautiful collection.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

135 bronze medallions mark a French meridian line which once rivaled the hotshot Greenwich timeline.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Thriving meadows span a rooftop in one of Brooklyn's most heavily industrialized neighborhoods.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

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

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.