A unique sculpture calls the outside of this steakhouse home.

This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

Latvia’s first skyscraper, nicknamed ‘Stalin’s birthday cake.’

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

Art and armour fill every inch of this rich kid's Italian villa.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

In the world's oldest university is a stunning 17th century anatomical theater carved from spruce.

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.