The legacy of baseball great Roberto Clemente is preserved in a retired Pittsburgh fire station.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

This Russian locomotive museum was once devoted just to Lenin's funeral before expanding to encompass Moscow's entire train history.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.