Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Sausages, schnitzel, and weiners.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

The world's longest outdoor covered escalator system transports commuters through Hong Kong's hilly terrain.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

An ordinary pond with fish from out of this world.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.