Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

The studio built by fascists in the hopes of "reviving the film industry" with the occasional propaganda film opportunity thrown in.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.

Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.

The engineering wonder and pleasure dome of a much-maligned emperor still holds undiscovered secrets.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.

A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.

The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

An accidentally hidden library containing the ephemeral history of New York.

The greatest real estate coup of all time.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.