The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Rome's first modern graffito is all that is left of a peaceful protest from the 1970s.

One of the most important yet well-hidden museums dedicated to the history of medicine.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

This speakeasy continues the Prohibition-era legacy of Harlem's jazzy Swing Street.

Those belting out show tunes might not realize this piano bar marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.

This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.

This narrow shop in the East Village hosts a matchmaking service for the new millennium.

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

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.