Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

Some 2,000 carvings show this rare desert spring has been an oasis for travelers for over a thousand years.

The winter home of thousands of beautiful snow geese and sandhill cranes.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.