Collection of antique taxidermy and natural specimens, near one of Paris's oldest flea markets.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.

Paris' fabled purveyor of exotic taxidermy and natural history curios.

This mesmerizing, colorful structure looks like a tent made from stained glass.

A 120-year oil leak slowly unleashes more gallons of oil than the Exxon/Mobil disaster.

One of the deadliest American air disasters is nearly forgotten in Brooklyn.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

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

HBO series' stage tucked away in a Greenpoint lot is the largest theatrical set of its kind in the United States.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

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

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

One of the last full-orchestra recording studios in New York City and an acoustical marvel.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

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

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.