An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Don't bother sending any mail to this ghost town.

A restored 1920s cascade stairway provides one of the best views of Oakland's Lake Merritt.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

One of the last umbrella repair shops in Paris upholds the nostalgic art of umbrella making.

This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.

There are many Byzantine-era churches still standing in Athens, but this is the only one with a 2,500-year-old column rising through its roof.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

On a cornerstone of the City Museum is the head of a monstrous serpent stolen from an Aztec pyramid 400 years ago.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

This statue of the "father of television" stands prominently in the United States Capitol.

The mall's looks were inspired by the cowboy extras who used to meet up—and cause real trouble—at this Hollywood hub.

Ancient ruins hidden underneath a modern luxury hotel.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The ruins of an ancient Roman tomb hidden in the basement of a trendy clothing store.

The site where hundreds of Greeks were tortured by the Nazi secret police is now a cosmetics store.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.