A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

A graffiti Mecca welcoming artists from around the world.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.