Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

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

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

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

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

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

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

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

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

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

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

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

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

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

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.