The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

A charmingly old-fashioned reminder of the historic building's former life.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

After the devastating 2011 earthquake, historic Christchurch begins to recover, starting with the pop-up Re:START mall.

Taihape's claim to fame is a fictional Kiwi farmer wearing gumboots.

The "punniest place on Earth” has nearly as many bull-themed puns as it does people.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.