The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.