A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.

Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

This commercial and retail center was crafted from walled military barracks.

It's known as the "Full Monty school" thanks to its role in the beloved British comedy film.

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.

The lasting remains of a bygone era of open-air meat markets.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

An unexpected curiosity cabinet hidden within a department store in the Japan Post tower.

A shrine dedicated to a 10th-century samurai emperor, whose head is not buried on site (contrary to popular belief).

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.