An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

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

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Once called Winthrop Park in 1889, home to a decidedly sexy tribute to the Monitor vs. Merrimac battle.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.

A memorial to the first person killed by a motor vehicle in the Western Hemisphere.

Here be dragons.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

The highest rapid transit station in the world.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.