A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.

One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.

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

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

This sweet-toothed bear searching for snacks has been a symbol of Madrid for decades.

Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Swedish skyscraper with a 90° twist.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

Pigduck of Turku.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.

This natural rock formation features seemingly unnatural vertical ridges that have been blamed on elves.