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

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

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

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

A rocky Irish outcropping with a history of wealth, conflict, and ruin.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.