Though the case is scorched and the buttons half-melted, this hardy handheld gaming device can still run a game of Tetris.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

An unremarkable wooden wheel built into the side of one of Rome's oldest hospitals was part of a policy to reduce infant exposure.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.