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The wishbones of departed soldiers.

New York, New York

The Wishbones of McSorley's Old Ale House

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Union Square Metronome

New York, New York

Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.

Church of the Transfiguration

New York, New York

The Little Church Around the Corner

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

The garden inside the Ford Foundation Building

New York, New York

New York's Hidden Tropical Forest

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

The Daily News Building Globe

New York, New York

The Daily News Building Globe

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Campbell Apartment

New York, New York

Campbell Apartment

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Berlin Wall Section

New York, New York

Berlin Wall Section

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Paley Park in the Winter

New York, New York

Paley Park

A small peaceful park and waterfall tucked amid the urban grind of Midtown Manhattan.

The praying mantis on the ride. Photo:

Bronx, New York

Bronx Zoo Bug Carousel

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

New York, New York

Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The remains of Riverside Hospital at North Brother Island

Bronx, New York

North Brother Island

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

New Yorker Hotel

New York, New York

New Yorker Hotel

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

James Farley Post Office
Permanently Closed

New York, New York

James Farley Post Office Museum

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

The wooden escalators at Macy's are almost 100 years old.

New York, New York

Macy's Wooden Escalators

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Brooklyn Army Terminal Building B

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Army Terminal Building B

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

The Evoluon glowing at night.

Eindhoven, Netherlands

Evoluon

A UFO-shaped event building originally intended to be a science museum showcasing the future.

Heidelberg Tun

Heidelberg, Germany

Heidelberg Tun

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

Whitby Abbey through the Whale Bones

Whitby, England

Whitby Whale Bone Arch

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

Whitby Abbey

Whitby, England

Ruins of Whitby Abbey

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The 'Beautiful' Dirac Equation on the floor of Westminster Abbey

London, England

Dirac Equation

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

John Snow Memorial Pump and the John Snow Pub

London, England

Broad Street Cholera Pump

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury, England

The Great Cloister and Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Dover Castle

Dover, England

Dover Castle

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

The Churchill War Rooms

London, England

The Churchill War Rooms

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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