The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Few things look more out of place than the electric blue ponds in the reddish-brown desert of Utah.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.