When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

This massive rock balanced for thousands of years being tossed here during a volcanic eruption.

Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

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

The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

With a crest near 10,000 feet, this treeless fault-block mountain in eastern Oregon provides stunning views and spectacular glacial landforms.

This unusual structure may be on its way to becoming a cultural landmark in Toronto.

The camera-toting gargoyle juts out from the exterior of a Gothic cathedral.

The only remaining arch of the oldest stone bridge in Rome stands in the middle of the Tiber.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.