Luminaries of all stripes have sipped strong Greek coffee at this cafe since 1839.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Jimi Hendrix's legendary recording studio in Greenwich Village.

The origins of midtown Manhattan's anachronistic wooden farmhouse remain a mystery.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.

One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.

This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.

The artist and New York City icon lived, worked and died in this converted carriage house owned by another iconic artist, Andy Warhol.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

Prove you deserve to be fed by Kenny Shopsin.