A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

A haunting monument dedicated to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

A neolithic dolmen that was rebuilt after collapsing during the 19th century.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.