A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The world's oldest known salt mine.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

Teeming with illegal goods and services, this towering maze of vice is also a popular tourist accommodation.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

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

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

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.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

The oldest Dutch colonial stone house in New York City is a hidden gem on the border of Brooklyn and Queens.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.