A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court, and it's not the first one.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

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

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The best B-movies filmed on a shoestring budget were born here.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.