Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

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

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

More than 300,000 historical artifacts from the famous music venue, from Duke Ellington's handwritten score to The Beatles' booking slip.

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

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

Once standing on solid ground, this slender beacon is a victim of the very shoreline it was charged with announcing.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A museum dedicated to the German scientist who revealed the significance of the mysterious Peruvian Nazca Lines.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A striking Soviet memorial commemorates the liberation of Belarus from the Nazis.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

This rare collection of human deformities displays fetuses with two faces, one eye, and "mermaid" legs.