Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

The decommissioned steam engine’s whistle can still be heard three times a day at one of Japan’s oldest train stations.

The first woman to become a member of the parliament of Iceland.

The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

Dedicated to nine marines from Massachusetts who perished during the Beirut bombings.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

Designed to honor all those that work as nurses around the globe.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

A different kind of swan princess.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

Near the summit of Mount Washington, a stone monument remembers a life lost to one of the mountain's infamous storms.

This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.

The exhibition explores the Icelandic city's Viking Age history.

This cabin survived a landslide that killed its owners.

A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

In Houston's airport, a cow is properly equipped to jump over the moon.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

This mountainside mural of a person carrying a torch was created for the 1994 Winter Olympics.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

A monument dedicated to the civil uprisings that took place during the Pots and Pans Revolution.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.