Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Common all over Japan, kōbans are small community police boxes, and now one is guarding one of L.A.’s megamalls.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

This "synagogue" is not what it seems to be.

Where a great scandal unfolded with a famous female revivalist at its center.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

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