An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Many cities have held the title, but Brazil snatched the crown from Chile in 2011.

An enigmatic mural hiding in plain sight in one of São Paulo's busiest metro stations.

A jungle in the heart of São Paulo reminds visitors of what Brazil looked like untouched by man.

A preserved stump is all that remains of the once-mighty hardwood.

This tribute to a local man towers within a quaint lakeside park.

Part taxidermy workshop, part natural history museum this Michigan destination shows off its dead animals and helps you mount your own.