Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.