New York, New York
Tannen's Magic Shop
New York's oldest magic store.
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New York, New York
Track 61
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
New York, New York
5 Beekman Street
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
New York, New York
Explorers Club Headquarters
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
New York, New York
Dream House
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
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New York, New York
The Evolution Store
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
London, England
Banksy's 'Designated Graffiti Area'
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
London, England
Magic Circle Museum
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
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.
London, England
Goodwin's Court
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Platform 9 3/4
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
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London, England
The Hardy Tree
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Leadenhall Market
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
God's Own Junkyard
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
Novelty Automation
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
New York, New York
Poster House Museum
The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.
N'Guigmi, Niger
UTA Flight 772 Memorial
The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.
London, England
Vauxhall Bridge's Miniature St. Paul's Cathedral
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.
Washington, D.C.
Hinckley Hilton President's Walk
A hidden passageway now marks the site of an assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan that some say broke a 140-year-old curse.
Washington, D.C.
Letelier-Moffitt Monument
A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.
Washington, D.C.
Grace Hopper's Bug
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
