Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Bronze Cow
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
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Chicago, Illinois
The last remaining vestige of a popular 1999 public art display.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Prague, Czechia
The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Where a neoclassical sculptor rests at the heart of the museum devoted to him.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's "other" little mermaid marks the historic location of past sea maid sightings.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An "evil painter" included pointed symbols in this artwork to poke fun at members of the Danish Parliament.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.
Manchester, England
This statue of an everyday cleaning tool sits proud upon a plinth in Manchester's coolest quarter.
Manchester, England
Outside a paint factory north of Manchester's city center, an inexplicable submarine sticking out of the ground.
Manchester, England
One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.
Manchester, England
This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Manchester, England
This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.
Manchester, England
A Victorian synagogue-turned-museum chronicles centuries of Jewish life.
Manchester, England
When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.
Manchester, England
The largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe contains some of Manchester’s biggest characters.
Manchester, England
This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.
Manchester, England
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
Manchester, England
Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.
Milan, Italy
Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.
Milan, Italy
Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.
Lisbon, Portugal
This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.