The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

These floating gardens show what Mexico City used to look during the Aztec Empire.

The striking jade death mask of an ancient Maya king is displayed in a replica tomb in Mexico City.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

A stunning fusion of Ottoman and Fatimid architectural styles.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."