According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

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

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.

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

A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.

This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.

This heavily worn bas-relief was once an honored fertility symbol.

Hidden along this old street in Antwerp is a surreal monument of a bronze arm sprouting four hands.

This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.

This legendary giant, born from vegetables, terrorized townspeople and cheated local children in games.

This narrow Ghent alleyway is an officially sanctioned street art tunnel.