This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

What is the Thing?

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Before Nixon, "watergate" meant canals.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.