Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

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

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

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

A place to see how French aristocrats lived in the early 1900s.

This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

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

At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.

A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

This unique temple complex remains off the typical tourist trail.

For centuries, this gold mine was the powerhouse behind the Tokugawa Shogunate.

A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

This gem-encrusted temple is said to contain some of the Buddha's hair which can make the deaf hear and the blind see.

Over 2,000 ancient temples dot the Myanmar landscape at the site of this famed archaeological site.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.