A century-old magnolia tree is the only living landmark tree in New York City.

Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

The extensive relics of an ancient Roman and Phoenician fish processing plant hide in a town park.

Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void under the town is no cave, and it's possibly not a palace either.

This underground power plant looks more like a super-villian's lair than a public work.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.