Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

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

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.