A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

Leveled by an earthquake, this Italian village is now preserved as a massive concrete art project.