The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

A memorial to the monk who set himself on fire to protest the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

The lavish, well-preserved home of a wealthy Baba Nyonya family is now a cultural museum.

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

This former KGB building is now a museum memorializing the people who suffered during the Soviet regime.

These traffic lights celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the women's suffrage movement in Lithuania.

Legend has it that Napoleon Bonaparte fell in love with this Gothic church.

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

This celebration of Latvia’s freedom and independence avoided demolition over half a century of Soviet occupation.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

The oldest housing complex in Riga is a mini timeline of architectural trends.

These crumbling Latvian forts make for some haunting seaside ruins.

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.