A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

The romantic garden was the epicenter of the Hungarian art scene in the 1880s.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

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.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

Home to a dizzying array of letterpress blocks with a rich history.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This gallery commissioned by Cardinal Spada is known for its magnificent optical illusion.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.