Tourists often confuse this beautifully ornate former cigarette factory for a mosque.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

Campus tradition says couples who walk beneath this enormous oak will stay together forever.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

Narrowest house in Boston.

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

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

An ancient burial ground believed to have been used for ritual sacrifice.

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.