The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

The world’s first stop-motion film was created on the racetrack outside this building.

Claude Monet was baptized in this lavishly ornate Paris church.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

A bullet-scarred monastery chronicles Mexico's turbulent history of foreign invasions.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.

The ruins of the bathhouse used by the ill-fated last Aztec emperor still lie in Chapultepec Park.