Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Yo, Adrian!

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

A decommissioned Naval base now rents itself out for people who want to blow stuff up.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.