A traditional Nepalese window blends into the historic merchant district of Old Nara Town.

Charming small streets lined with well preserved wooden houses dating to the 18th and 19th century.

A cocktail lounge decorated like an American dive bar, in honor of the legendary author Ernest Hemingway.

The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

This flagpole ranks among the world’s tallest and can be seen from three countries.

One of Hawaiʻi’s most notable historic petroglyph fields lies within a major resort.

This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.

Historic bar where the Singapore Sling cocktail was invented.

The legendary wooden horse that stands in modern Troy is a prop from the 2004 Wolfgang Petersen film.

A unique and poignant sidewalk mural commemorates the deaths of two striking workers.

A museum celebrating Icelandic history and technology.

Striking, enormous gold-plated sculpture of Buddha installed in the 19th century.

The only place in the world where vehicles for an obsolete form of transportation are still built.

According to local legend, anyone who falls on these temple steps will turn into a cat.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.

A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.

An off-the-beaten-path boutique stuffed with an eclectic collection of upcycled goods.

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Former home to Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka's dazzling Art Deco duplex studio.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.