An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

A fantastic Christmas tradition where defecation meets the manger.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

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

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.