This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

This church was transported brick by brick from the ruins of a 16th-century city into Panama City's current historic district.

The country's oldest continually-operated mini golf course lies hidden in plain sight, eclipsed by one of D.C.'s most popular tourist attractions.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

A centuries-old stone pagoda from Japan stands among cherry trees beside the National Mall Tidal Basin.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A stone nook where Frederick Douglass escaped the world to think, read, and write.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.