One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Thanks to a clever legal loophole, this mountainside wine shop sells a hybrid cuvée that's been outlawed for nearly a century.

This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.

The middle finger of modernity.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

One of three official copies of Marcel Duchamp's enigmatic masterpiece is on display in an obscure Tokyo museum.

Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.