The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

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

A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.

This lonely waterfront memorial to the men of the Titanic was erected by the "Women of America."

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.

A modern sliver of architecture in Roma.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Statue of death tucked in the University of Medicine courtyard.

One of several skulls claiming to belong to the beheaded St. John the Baptist is on display at this Roman church.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Hot springs monkey spa in the middle of Hell's Valley.