A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

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

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.