A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

This tiny, tranquil Senegalese island serves as a powerful symbol of the Atlantic slave trade.

Despite a fraught and controversial history this African island holds a powerful monument to the tragedy of the slave trade.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

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

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

The oldest continuously occupied public building in the United States.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A museum devoted entirely to the rattlesnakes and snake-related art.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.