This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

Sharks, stingrays, and turtles swim in the pools at this former elementary school.

The father of Belfast medicine is buried in the graveyard of this 13th-century church, which now lies in ruins.

Despite the name, this ancient statue of uncertain origins is unlikely to represent the Roman goddess Venus.

This museum preserves the heyday of Puerto Rican coffee.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

Believed to be the only Orthodox church in the world that features a free-standing pulpit.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

The most unusual block in Brasília.

The longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

This California museum is home to one of the largest collections related to the 'Treasure Island' author.

Not far from the more famous House of Juliet, visitors will find the supposed residence of her lover.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.