Brisbane's manmade urban beach has enough water to fill five Olympic-sized swimming pools.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.

A jewel of the Mexico city skyline now slowly crumbles after surviving an earthquake.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.

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

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

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

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

The most confusing clock in New York.

New York's oldest magic store.

Stunningly detailed mosaics in a New York subway station bring life to the Weimaraners of artist William Wegman's work—and to thousands of commutes.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.