Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

America's first public mental health facility.

Colonial Williamsburg was home to one of the earliest institutions in North America dedicated to educating Black children.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

Some of the largest trees of their kinds exist throughout Williamsburg’s historic core.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

These gardens celebrate the biological and cultural diversity of the Hawai‘ian Islands.