Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

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

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

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

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

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

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

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

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Museum dedicated to the preservation of surf culture.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.