An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

This memorial to the thousands of Indian dead during WWI was callously used for target practice during WWII.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.