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

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

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

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

Activists are fighting to preserve these unfinished highway ramps as a tribute to the citizen revolt that halted their construction decades ago.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

Artistic Oasis in Industrial Ballard.

A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

The magic's in the hole!

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.