Modern art commemorates one of the first military actions of World War II.

The silly symbol for an underground protest group is now scattered around the city.

The former Nazi concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

It's said to be one of the most significant collections of contemporary Chinese art in the world.

Once housing children next to hardened criminals this historic jail once displayed Ned Kelly's skull until it was stolen.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

The word 'wunderkammer' translates as 'wonder-chamber'. This Wunderkammer is both a museum and a retail store.

Neighborhood in Jerusalem is home to the ultra-orthodox haredim.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The largest collection of two headed animals in the world.

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

"The only replacement for a DC-3 is another DC-3."

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The short oil boom of Venice Beach, and its swift removal from the tourism-laden landscape.