Depicting scenes of everyday life - and specific individuals - in Great Depression era San Francisco.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.

A trio of red, white, and blue stones embedded in the streets of Leiden are markers of medieval territory and law.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.