This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

A tribute to the man who invented basketball stands in his Canadian hometown.

Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

The intricate geometry inside this Baroque-style dome was designed to create "terror of the human soul."

From lefty Jewish gathering site to hip cultural site in just 80 years.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

On the outskirts of Ipoh, this sprawling temple complex is home to one of the world's tallest pagodas.

The city of Parma's cathedral is home to one of the greatest illusionistic frescoes of the Renaissance.

A memorial marks the library lobby where Langston Hughes' ashes are buried.

A 1995 memorial acknowledges the tremendous contributions of Vietnamese refugees to Canada.

This synagogue is covered in beautiful mosaics that explore the history of the Jewish people.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Cascading outward, this waterfall creates the appearance of a flowing veil.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.