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While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

This 80-year old mannequin is so lifelike it is believed to be an embalmed corpse.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.

A huge resale shop for the cast-offs of the film & television industry.

A yoga studio and venue for "chill-out parties" in a former chicken slaughterhouse.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."