A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

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.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.