The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

"Mock all and sundry things, but leave the saints alone."

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The site of a classic series of Laurel and Hardy pratfalls.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.