Residents of Berlin take their coffee and cake in one of the city’s most restful spaces: a cemetery.

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

Location of the most powerful laser in the world, and the potential birthplace of tiny stars.

A veteran Disney animator turned his gift for storytelling to a museum devoted to his love of a California city.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

A lovely summer day by the sea becomes a nightmare.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

An informal walk of fame in front of a Hollywood office building remembers a comedic great and his associates.