This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

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

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

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This arch was featured prominently in the film.

The ruins of a medieval citadel believed to be haunted by a ministry of wish-granting djinns.

Ancient traditions and surreal birdwatching come into sharp relief along one of the world's most polluted rivers.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.

Ghost Town in the Demilitarized Zone of the Golan Heights.