The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

A station built to repel pirates now attracts wealthy vacationers.

A replica of the Statue of Liberty watches over the tomb of 72 Chinese revolutionaries.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.

Numerical symbolism abound at East Asia's oldest observatory.

Once the private home of China’s most legendary tycoon, getting inside this stunning mansion no longer requires an elite pedigree or acts of daring.

Subterranean place of worship in Indonesia.

Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."