One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

Need to book a room at the Hotel Pennsylvania? Just dial up 6-5000.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

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

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic's missed arrival.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

Known as the "Dodo Manège," this carousel features a herd of animals that have disappeared—or may be gone soon.