Glasgow, Scotland
Duke of Wellington Statue
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
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Glasgow, Scotland
Britannia Panopticon Music Hall
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow City Center Mural Trail
A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
Glasgow, Scotland
Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Glasgow, Scotland
The Glasgow Necropolis
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Dublin, Ireland
Statue of Oscar Wilde
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
New York, New York
Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
Union Square Metronome
The most confusing clock in New York.
Dublin, Ireland
Kilmainham Gaol
One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.
New York, New York
Chinatown's Bloody Angle
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
New York, New York
'Life Underground' Sculptures
An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.
New York, New York
Burger Joint
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
New York, New York
Brooklyn Bridge Love Locks
A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
New York, New York
Keith Haring’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Bathroom Mural
A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.
New York, New York
The Woolworth Building
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
New York, New York
Alice in Wonderland Statue
This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.
New York, New York
Fearless Girl Statue
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Tramway
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
New York, New York
Times Square Hum
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
New York, New York
Lexington Candy Shop
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
