Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

A son-and-daughter meat market, hawked by mom and dad.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

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

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The most confusing clock in New York.

On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.