The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

In the recreated studio of a visionary artist, a stone that may be more than meets the eye.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.

The floorboard scrawling of a tragic madman is on public display outside a Paris hospital, much to the dismay of its opponents.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.