One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A public center dedicated to showcasing and conserving the enormous shaggy Poitou donkey.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

One of the great treasures of Neolithic art lies within this carefully constructed pile of rocks.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

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

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

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?