In 1986, Keith Haring was arrested for painting this anti-drug mural on a Harlem handball court.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.

Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

This outdoor gallery of sculptures along the East River was once a landfill.

The young girl gained fame for her atypical size and was regarded as a curiosity by the Spanish aristocracy.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

The castle where the Marquis de Sade lived out his darkest fantasies.

A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A young woman's senseless murder led to the controversial psychological theory of the "bystander effect."

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

The mysterious image is believed to show Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, in a beautiful blue dress.