This strange portrayal of the state's first lieutenant-governor literally stands on its head.

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

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.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.