The oldest remaining theatre in New South Wales.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

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

A special train service transported Sydney's dead from this station to "Necropolis Receiving Houses" at Rookwood Cemetery.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

An effigy of Vancouver's Gastown neighorhood's namesake.

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

A classic advertising icon immortalized in regal bronze.

The Victoria-era quarantine station for Sydney.

By standing on a particular paving stone in the courtyard, you'll hear an echo that shouldn't be.

Modeled after the big, ferocious Hexham Grey mosquito.

A series of gun powder chambers currently hidden from view within Nobbys Headland in Newcastle, Australia.