For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.

A mosaic made of materials gathered from this Brooklyn community adorns the walls of this tunnel.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

Site of the first pathological and bacteriological research facility in the United States.

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

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

A diverse collection of wax, bone, papier-maché and mummified relics.

A whale rib was used to advertise the store by the arch that offered exotic goods from far away.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.