A typical crusty old museum this isn't.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

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

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

Microscopic fossils suggest Australia may be the birthplace of sulphur-based life forms.

A series of gun powder chambers currently hidden from view within Nobbys Headland in Newcastle, Australia.

An obsolete form of timekeeping still marks the hour in this adapted 19th century lighthouse.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

These Australian rock formations look like Martian beehives that have grown up out of the landscape.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

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

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

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

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.