This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

A three-piece musical sculpture installed between the subway tracks at Kendall Station near MIT.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This is the house that spite built.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.