Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

Popular tourist destination now stands as a memorial to Sam the koala.

A massive metal lobster welcomes tourists to a roadside restaurant.

The largest collection of Indigenous Australian artifacts in the world, and the rare museum where wood-and-glass cabinets have trumped interactive exhibits.

Curious crater remnants in the middle of the Australian outback.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.

China's monumental dinosaur museum featuring an open dig site.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A number of gruesome unsolved murders have turned this simple home into a morbid tourist trap.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.