There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A vibrant, 100-foot-tall mural dedicated to Evelyn Nesbit, the tragic icon of the Gilded Age.

This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

A 19th-century politician who died after walking home in a blizzard is honored with this Manhattan statue.

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

The only remaining building in New York to see the inauguration of a president is being slowly overtaken by a grocery store.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

A 30-foot-high stream of chocolate flows continuously at the Lindt Home of Chocolate.

This statue once earned the distinction as one of the "Three Major Disappointments of the World."

Across this single-file rope bridge is what has been claimed to be the edge of continental Asia.

The highest pedestrian bridge in Singapore looks like a series of undulating waves rising between two public parks.

The history of those incarcerated in Singapore during World War II is etched into the bricks of a popular staircase.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.

This kinetic sculpture focuses the sounds of the city when you stand inside.