Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

This cluster of little wooden huts once ground local farmers’ wheat into flour during the days of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

A beautiful mountaintop mausoleum devoted to a Montenegrin icon can't seem to make everyone happy.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.

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

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.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A beautiful opera house in the heart of Amazonia has recently restarted performances after a 90-year hiatus.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.