Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.

The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

The strange, ritualistic-seeming 100+ year old basement of a New Hampshire undergrad society.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The home of the first American-born saint is one of the only curved buildings in New York.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Turkish adventurer antiques in the heart of the Grand Bazaar.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

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

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

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

This Ottoman-era Greek Orthodox Church was built to honor Agia Pareskevi, a Christian saint.