One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

A huge enchanting public park just outside the ancient walls of Rome.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.

Launched by Napoleon's soldiers more than 200 years ago, a cannonball remains embedded in the tower wall.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.