One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

It's not quite as old as its Roman appearance suggests, but this piece of infrastructure served Guatemala City for centuries.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

The first hospital in the New World.

After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.

The first official clock in North America, it kept time for the Spanish government of Santo Domingo.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.

According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.