The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The East Village tenement from the cover of Led Zeppelin’s 1975 album has a tea shop on the ground floor.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

This hidden oasis features a stunning view of the Hudson River and the Palisades from a castle-like museum.

Hiroshima survivor on Riverside Drive.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This ancient amphitheater was restored in the early 1990s.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A lighthouse marking the northernmost point of continental South America.

The 17th-century hacienda where Simón Bolívar spent his last days before dying from tuberculosis.

This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.

A hidden treasure of an abandoned city lies deep in the jungles of Campeche, Mexico.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.

Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The youngest volcano in Central America.

This communist country can still appreciate its fragrant past.

His music once banned in Communist Cuba, John Lennon is now immortalized in bronze by Castro, who considers Lennon a "fellow dreamer."