One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

Colorful murals by Jean Cocteau hide within this peaceful London sanctuary.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.