The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

This abandoned five-star hotel is now a five-star urban exploration destination.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

Rusty red sands line the shores of this Canadian Province.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

World's largest Christmas store.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.