Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

A glowing underwater cliff attracts marine life and divers in equal measure.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

A Civil War fort in the middle of Washington, D.C. has been swallowed by a forest.