This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Diego Rivera hid various people and symbols in his first large-scale mural project.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.