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You can find this gate by its distinctive infinity symbol.

Austin, Texas

Interimaginary Departures

This departure gate in Austin's airport sends travelers to over 120 imaginary destinations.

View from the Brooklyn Navy Yard location

Queens, New York

Brooklyn Grange Farms and Apiary

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

A machine for making fortune cookies on display.

Brooklyn, New York

Museum of Food and Drink

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

Poster House Museum.

New York, New York

Poster House Museum

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Doyers Street

New York, New York

Chinatown's Bloody Angle

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Courtyard.

Brooklyn, New York

Leroy's Place

This interactive gallery makes you feel like you've stepped into a fantasy world filled with whimsical monsters.

The Ganesh Temple of Queens

Queens, New York

The Ganesh Temple of Queens

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

The Nostalgia Train.

New York, New York

Holiday Nostalgia Train

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

New York, New York

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

These channels were once one of the most sophisticated irrigation systems in the world.

Mexico City, Mexico

Xochimilco Raised Fields

These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.

Cafebrería El Péndulo Second Floor.

Mexico City, Mexico

Cafebrería El Péndulo

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

La Casa Azul

Mexico City, Mexico

La Casa Azul

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Chapultepec Castle

Mexico City, Mexico

Chapultepec Castle

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Beside the auto shop's signage.

Mexico City, Mexico

El Vilsito

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

The most 1960s looking hippy elephant.

Mexico City, Mexico

The Animals of Parque España

Some charming, but sadly, unloved animal statues call this park home.

221b, Baker Street

London, England

221b Baker Street

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

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station

Brooklyn, New York

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station

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

Pioneer Works

Brooklyn, New York

Pioneer Works

An unconventional space for art and science housed in a massive old warehouse.

A boat being serviced using a dry dock. (amberjol/Flickr)

Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Navy Yard

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Overlooking New York Harbor.

Brooklyn, New York

Green-Wood Cemetery

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

Deno's Wonder Wheel

Brooklyn, New York

Deno's Wonder Wheel

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Huaca Pucllana in Miraflores

Lima, Peru

Huaca Pucllana

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

Lightship Frying Pan at Pier 66 Maritime

New York, New York

The Lightship Frying Pan

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

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