Nottingham, England
The Arboretum
This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.
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London, England
Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
London, England
London's Rose-Ringed Parakeets
Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.
Vatican City
Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Matlock Bath, England
Matlock Bath
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
London, England
Panyer Boy
A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.
London, England
The Four Mother Goddesses
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
London, England
Viking Tombstone
This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.
London, England
Novelty Automation
A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.
Washington, D.C.
Holodomor Memorial
An easily overlooked memorial to a Ukrainian famine-genocide that killed over 4 million people.
Washington, D.C.
Owney the Postal Dog
A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.
New York, New York
Amiable Child Monument
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
New York, New York
Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral
A replica of a 7th-century church hides in plain sight in the middle of the concrete jungle.
New York, New York
Queensboro Trolley Kiosk
A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
New York, New York
Graybar Rats
Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.
New York, New York
Museum of Chinese in America
This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
New York, New York
Septuagesimo Uno
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
New York, New York
The Grolier Club
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Tallinn, Estonia
St Nicholas' Church Danse Macabre
Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.
London, England
Shield of Parade
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
The Loovre
One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.
Whitby, England
Whitby Horse Mounting Blocks
These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.
