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This American Civil War-era fort still stands near the border between Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

This beautiful spit of land was once the summer playground of the king of Spain.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

One of the world’s smallest bars, just 13 square feet, is brimming with speakeasy flair.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Artistic tombs, monuments, and a beautiful "Hall of Fame" lurk inside this cemetery.

Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.

Vast network of air raid tunnels beneath Lombardy's capital.

In the 1940s, Italian architect Mario Cavallè built a dozen of these round homes in northern Milan.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.

Nestled in the heart of Milan is a real wunderkammer of morbid curiosities.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.