The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.