A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

The world's longest known cave system.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

This block in downtown Brooklyn was a hotbed of antislavery activism along the Underground Railroad.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.