The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

Hundreds of statues of Buddha’s disciples meditating, napping, sneezing, and picking their noses.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

An unassuming music museum recounts the rags to riches story of a dramatic Portuguese genre.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The Pentagon is so large that it was planned like a city, complete with internal highway infrastructure.

The Pentagon sits on a former island that was in Virginia at low tide and D.C. at high tide.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.