The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.

The 32nd president's sprawling cottage sits on an island enclave jointly managed by the U.S. and Canada.

A small Canadian town founded as a refuge for Loyalists following American Independence.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

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

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

This 11th-century castle sits so low you can't see it behind the surrounding buildings.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.