This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.