Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

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

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

Also known as the Blue Church, the building was consecrated to the daughter of Andrew II.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

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

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

The 16-foot sculpture of a hand looks out from his perch on top of an art gallery.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.