A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

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

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

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

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.

Nine Gardens in one—with tea service.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

Weird wax anatomical models reside here, as do other anatomical specimens.

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.