This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.

A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Sweden's first electric elevator remains hidden within a fortress-like building.

One of the tallest statues in the world, and the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

You don't have to be a diplomat to visit the so-called Camp David of the West.

A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.

Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.

A 1:42 scale model of the world's second largest lensed telescope.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.