Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

Somewhere between an art studio and a print shop, this artists storefront is a house of worship devoted to type.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the century.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This giant urban staircase was built to keep the city's brave fighting men from getting waylaid in the red light district.

Theme park featuring miniature replicas of European monuments.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

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