Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

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

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This abandoned psychiatric hospital once housed more than 4,000 patients in the middle of a quaint New England town.

Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.