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

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

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

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

An often overlooked ancient site in downtown Athens with substantial history (and nature).

A preserved portion of an ancient Athens barrier is displayed in a hotel basement.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

A series of carved figures that scandalized British society.

You will not be able to miss this building.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.