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Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

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

The loneliest island in New York.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.

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.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.