This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Some islands... they come, they go, especially on Lake Travis.