“Wagon Jobber" turned smokehouse magnate's family-owned business is still going strong 100 years later.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

An ancient Egyptian temple in the middle of Madrid, Spain.

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.

The tiny statues form China's only known terracotta army from the Han dynasty.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.