This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

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

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

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

Likely the most colorful in the metro network, this mosaic was installed back in 1995.

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

It memorializes America’s initial military response to the terrorist attacks on our country on September 11, 2001.

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

A bare tree in Riga’s Esplanāde is transformed into an extraordinary vertical neighbourhood by scores of colourful bird nesting boxes clustered across its trunk and branches.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Amid miles of wooded trails lies the story of one of America’s earliest free Black communities.

Yorktown’s grandest colonial home still wears the scars of the siege that helped end the American Revolution.

This modest lottery shop draws hopefuls all year long, but come Christmas season, lines wrap around the block.

Neo-Romantic tower randomly locared in a pine forest offering a great view over the Vienna Basin.

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

This mural, the largest one in Spain, covers the whole south façade of this reinvented bullring

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Tucked away at a quiet Latvian crossroads, this stern, larger-than-life stone bust of a teenage communist martyr remains a fascinating and rare survivor of Soviet-era political idolization.

A tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians

The actual “Hotel Rwanda” that became a hiding place and refuge from the horrors of genocide in 1994.

A historical farmstead with stunning views over the fjord.

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.