A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.

A clock set into the concrete outside a Manhattan jeweler has been telling time underfoot for over a century.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

These flying foxes dangle from the trees around the library like fuzzy black fruit.

A 19th-century perch for spotting sailing ships now boasts one of the most iconic views in the Southern Hemisphere.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.