Known as the most resilient water tower in the region.

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

The facade of this 16th-century building is decorated with carvings of 300 seashells.

A series of fish plaques that are embedded in the malls of Ocean Parkway.

One of the oldest cemeteries in Vermont is the final resting place of soldiers, politicians, and a famous author.

This commanding mausoleum holds the remains of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.

This mile marker stands at the unofficial end of a highway built to defend the United States from a Japanese invasion during World War II.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

The world's largest second-hand graces a clock surrounded by constantly changing flower beds. 

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

An opulent monument built for a duke who donated his entire fortune to the city of Geneva.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

These "mermaids" that surround a plaza in Segovia are rather sphinx-like.

Neoclassical bank designed by NY architects Helmle & Huberty.

The remains of the oldest bone-headed dinosaur in North America.

One of the best-preserved medieval streets in Europe.

In the 1950s, two women saved this grand theater in the Colorado mountains from demolition.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.