One of the most iconic sculptures in Caracas looks like a large orange ball suspended in the air.

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

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.