A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

America's first federal monument.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

A Latvian rescuer who saved countless lives during World War II.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

A monument to the grand synagogue that stood in this space before Nazis burned it down.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

One of the longest wooden benches in the world snakes around Geneva's Treille Promenade.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

CERN's beautiful, bending sculpture is a tribute to the spread of knowledge.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

An interactive exhibition space dedicated to the kinetic sculptures of Swiss artist Jean Tinguely.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.