A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

This modernist island church incorporates the Finnish nature into its worship practices.

The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”

A circle of stones on a hilltop in Peru’s high jungle, aligned with the winter solstice and largely ignored by archaeologists.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Towering at a height of over 30 meters, this turn-of-the-18th-century landmark is the tallest temple in Nepal.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

One of the largest busts in the world celebrates the German city's erstwhile namesake.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

The centuries-old obelisk may have inspired J. R. R. Tolkien.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

Ecuador's first Catholic church was built by Spanish conquistadors in 1534.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

The idyllic colonial home of the artist behind the famous portraits of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The housing complex served as an anti-fascist fortress during the Austrian Civil War.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.