A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

Where there's quartz, there must be gold. Thus is the story of the mines of Julian, and the titillating times of the Gold Rush.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

Puffin enthusiasts flock to Europe's largest seabird cliff, which over one million birds call home.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.