A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

By night, this auto repair shop turns into a taquería serving up some of the city's finest al pastor tacos.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

Visible at low tide, this rusting vessel is one of the last surviving examples of the X-Class "Midget" submarines.

This historic little railroad runs through some of the most beautiful scenery in Germany.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

Only 380 kV Powerline in Europe not directly interconnected to the European 380 kV Grid.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

A unique collection of electric insulators on display in a former transformer station.

A historic steam train meanders along one of the most scenic rail routes in Germany's Black Forest.

This colossal reptile celebrates the history of the now-defunct Canadian Turtle Derby.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

The summer residence of a Spanish ambassador who brought viticulture to an impoverished region, sparking its transformation into one of the world's best wine regions.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.