This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The oldest orange tree in California spawned a generation of citrus farmers.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.

Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.

The whimsical legacy of a Canadian artist.

An abandoned giant glass dome sits in the bay in “the Venice of the East.”

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

The maze-like transportation hub contains abandoned areas, derelict stores, and a resident bat colony.

The luxurious circular mansion built for a Communist leader now lies abandoned.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

The national park was once a plantation estate.