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

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

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

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.

A famous hotel houses an impression collection of mini dioramas and giant doll houses.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

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

The most confusing clock in New York.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

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

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.