A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Visitors to this library are in for a real-world education in modernist architecture.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

A humble garage, world-famous for being the epicenter of a technology revolution.

A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle's uniquely modern Central Library.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.