Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Catering to broken dolls for almost 200 years, this repair shop is now a charnel house of doll parts.

In addition to showing films, this one-screen arthouse cinema from the late 1940s is a museum of old film equipment.

The scorched Lisbon church that survived two earthquakes and a massive fire.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

This stone commemorates the island's launch into international aviation.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

This church was transported brick by brick from the ruins of a 16th-century city into Panama City's current historic district.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.