On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This historic hotel preserves many treasures from its heyday hosting passengers on the Orient Express.

No one is sure if the world's fourth-largest diamond had been found in a rubbish heap or was pawned by Napoleon's mom.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

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

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.