The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.

A camera with an ongoing exposure time of 1,000 years.

The oldest surviving “eel, pie, and mash” shop in London is renowned for its infamous jellied eels.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

The 10th-tallest pyramid in the world, this former sports arena is now home to a massive Bass Pro Shops store.

The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

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

Yo, Adrian!

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

A pier that used to act as a busy ferry dock is now a decaying favorite of local fisherman and urban artists.

A playground built by the kids that is a child's wonderland, and a helicopter parent's nightmare.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

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