When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

King Ludwig I's collection of beautiful women.

César Baldaccini's iconic sculpture of a 40-foot thumb stands tall in La Défense.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

These ancient artifacts are a testament to the enduring significance of the bull in Spanish culture.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".