Metro station with a claim to rock n' roll fame.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

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

Joe Cocker's 1988 concert at this site in East Germany marked a changing sea tide that would eventually lead to reunification.

To the great disappointment of doomsdayers, this codex merely contains records of the Moon and Venus.

This small train ride offers stellar views of the Grand Garden Palace.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

New York's oldest magic store.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This "Palace of Purification" has made many film appearances as a dark and sinister headquarters.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.