The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

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

The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

Doris Duke's lasting collection of Islamic Art, hidden in a Hawaiian paradise.

Once the site of the Hawaiian monarchy, this building was originally designed as a palace.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

Fantastic views and thousands of love locks.

It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.

Explore this medieval cathedral by trying to spot all the malevolent monsters hiding in its beautifully colored windows.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Perhaps the tiniest sculpture in Saint Petersburg is a little bronze finch inspired by a song.