This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.

The peaceful gravesite of a rugged wild west gunman echoes the touching story of his last days.

The final resting place of the Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

The smallest country in the world.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

How a lunch counter in Chile became a shrine to the 42nd president of the United States

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

One of the smallest bookstores on the planet.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.