A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

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

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

This theater opened in 1998, but both the building and the puppeteers who perform there have a distinguished history.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

Wine bottle sculpture with a ship's stateroom inside.

This diesel train serviced the Brooklyn waterfront for more than three decades.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

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

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.