A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A monument to a working class martyr.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Bomb tests and sheep ranchers share the world's largest military land base.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

This piece of Australian modern art is part joke and part history.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

This peculiar border irregularity is the only way to legally enter Russia without a visa.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Swedish mice can dine at the Nuts of Life restaurant or take a date to the amousement park.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.