Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This family cemetery is a reminder of a smallpox outbreak in late-19th-century Texas.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.