The highest rapid transit station in the world.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

This emotive sculpture was originally created for the 1878 World's Fair.

This slender three-story building has also had several famous residents.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

The narrowest street in Paris.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.