Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.

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

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”