The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

A unique set of caves that spits waves back out into the ocean.

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

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Just across from the "Last Supper" painting is the famous painter's vineyard, a gift received for creating the masterpiece.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

A desert island with both a buried treasure and a famous castaway.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.