The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.

This curved Manhattan building was built to house the opulence of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.

Magnificent New Deal Murals evoke a time when New York City harbor was one of the world's greatest and busiest ports.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.