St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

A collaboration of art and ornithology mourns the calls of Sydney's lost birds.

These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.

This historic Melbourne bullet factory is fully encased in a massive glass and steel cone.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

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