Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

A beautiful South Korean gate and garden in Little Rock honors American Taekwondo.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

This sculpture honors the man who was known as the "Righteous Among the Nations."

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.