This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

One of the first schools in the U.S. to admit students without regard to race or gender.

The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

America's oldest Eastern European synagogue provided the immigrants of crowded Lower East Side tenements a space of sanctuary.

Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.