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Madrid, Spain

Museo Chicote

Emblematic Madrid bar founded in the 1930s that is a testament to times gone by
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Newton Stewart, Scotland

The Quorum

A dry stone wall that looks back at you!
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London, England

Queenhithe Mosaic

A timeline of London history on the Thames Path, installed in 2014
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Mexico City, Mexico

Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia

A metro station dedicated to the long relations between Mexico and Ethiopia, with an equivalent in Addis Ababa
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San Diego, California

"The 'Goof' on the Roof"

A rooftop mascot for a vintage Tiki Bar and Restaurant has a varied and interesting history
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London, England

Searcy's

The longest Champagne Bar in Europe, if not the world
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Mexico City, Mexico

Pasaje Zócalo-Pino Suárez

You can take the metro between these two stations, or you can walk the underground bookstore-lined passageway that connects them
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Monterrey, Mexico

Tribuna Libre de Méjico (Free Tribune of Mexico)

Monterrey's take on the "Speakers' Corner" was set up as an open space for freedom of expression in 1985
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Staunton, Virginia

Trinity Episcopal Church

This house of worship contains a dozen stained glass windows by a renowned manufacturer
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Mexico City, Mexico

"El Retrato de la Burguesía" (Portrait of the Bourgeoisie) Mural at SME

The art on the walls of the Mexican Electricians' Syndicate pulls no punches in its messages against capitalism and authoritarianism
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Mexico City, Mexico

Jardín Ramón López Velarde

A statue of a man using a bone as a javelin and a divisive former monument to Mexican rock are just some of the unique features of this park
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Glasgow, Scotland

'Chookie Birdies'

A rather unusual, if not whimsical, art installation that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud
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Manchester, England

Marble Arch Inn

An established watering hole whose unique history is as fascinating as its decor
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Mexico City, Mexico

Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Piedad

This modernist church features an impressively tall mural
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Edinburgh, Scotland

Scotland's Gutenberg Bible

A rare example of one of the world's first printed books
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London, England

Center of London

The purported midpoint in London from which all distances are measured has a tragic love story at its core
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London, England

Heal's Cat

A statuesque figure of a feline stands sentry over a ostentatious spiral staircase
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London, England

Unlucky Mummy

A relic from ancient Egypt that is purported to have a curse associated with it
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