Hackney's newest private museum and natural curiosity shop.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Colorful umbrella-covered trees in Singapore's Little India look straight out of Dr. Seuss.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The King is honored by an elaborate grotto on a continent he never visited.

Melbourne's favorite bronze dog.

A whimsical menagerie of creatures carved into a 300-year-old tree trunk.

A friendly monster lurks outside the State Library Victoria.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

You'll find the little birds tucked within the rocks of this Australian beach.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.