This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Small on the outside, big on the inside, this church is an astonishing act of visual deception.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.

The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

New York's southernmost subway station is whimsically wavy.

Boise State's stadium was the first non-green football field in the world.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

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

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

A strip of modern stores in historic buildings.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

The factory that helped produce a dominant form of lighting before Thomas Edison.

Four cars from the old system were once on display, but were removed in 2014.

Once a popular watering hole among longshoremen and shipyard workers, this neighborhood treasure spans more than 100 years of Red Hook history.

Once home to the country's most gargantuan ships, this graving dock now waits for people to buy furniture.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

This micro-industry of Latino cuisine along Red Hook's Ball Fields represents a victory in a food fight with the city.

Red Hook's massive public pool, built by Robert Moses.

A community farm in the midst of the Brooklyn concrete.