The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

From this desk Al Hirschfeld drew his influential caricatures of the 20th century's Broadway stars.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

The only surviving sidewalk clock in Brooklyn.

A subterranean shelter remains intact under a busy Paris railway station.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Beautiful mosaics cover the first stations opened on New York City's newest subway line.

This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.