The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

The location of the last witch trials of Italy, known as "The Salem of Europe."

If you ever wanted to touch a medieval mercenary’s three testicles, look no further.

In this German city center, the streets have no names.

The Spanish king's private bathroom embraced the idea of a porcelain throne.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

According to legend, King Arthur killed a beast that dwelled beneath the waters of this Welsh lake.

A delightful architectural wonder awaits on a lake island in Kuala Lumpur’s oldest park.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.