America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

The site of a devastating modern-day mud volcano eruption that buried parts of a village.

This replica medieval European village in the Dominican Republic was built by a Hollywood set designer.

You have to know where to look in this rather ordinary-looking square to find hints of its past as a dissidents' cemetery.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.