These 400-year-old ruins are all that's left of the monastery where Ines de Castro was assassinated by the King of Portugal.

Take the most scenic fjord landscape in Norway and add dramatic red cliffs, warm clear water, and playful dolphins.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

A single room pays homage to the prodigious achievements of the 30th President of the United States.

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

A cenote filled with Colonial era artifacts whose waters cannot be accessed.

A giant statue perched on dumpsters watches over the freeway.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

Roam the cradle of the Cuban Revolution with life-sized dinosaurs.

Visit a haunted Mughal mosque and the tomb of a Sufi saint and his disciple.

The site of slaughterhouses that once satisfied Parisians' taste for horse meat is now home to a park and book market.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

A giant fiberglass Muffler Man found new life as a rodeo guardian.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

This exaggerated sculpture resembles a well known feature of Vancouver:

A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.