This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

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.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.