Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

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

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.

This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.

One of the largest Chinese cemeteries outside of China spent years overgrown and forgotten.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

A so-called Singapore junk store that is closer to a historical restoration center.