New York, New York
Bryant Park Bathroom
The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monongahela Incline
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Paris, France
Montparnasse Cemetery
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
Toronto, Ontario
Casa Loma
A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.
New York, New York
Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
Chicago, Illinois
Merz Apothecary
An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Lafayette Cemetery
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
London, England
Stables Market
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
London, England
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Sign
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Paris, France
Montmartre Cemetery
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
London, England
Cecil Court
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Girona, Spain
Pont de les Peixateries Velles (Eiffel Bridge)
Designed by Gustave Eiffel before his famed tower.
Barcelona, Spain
Palau Güell
One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.
Barcelona, Spain
Mirador de Colom (Columbus Monument)
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Córdoba, Spain
Cross of the Captive
A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.
Flåm, Norway
Flåmsbana (Flåm Railway)
One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.
Sarasota, Florida
The Last Defense of Fort Juan Ortiz
A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.
Venice, Florida
Circus in Venice
For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.
