The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

This historic church is named for abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and the ruse to arm his fellow abolitionists.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

At more than 5,000 years old, these structures are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.

The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.