A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, this was the former home of the Marshal of Gravity and the site of his tragic death.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

A haven for wildlife amid the farmlands and development of the Willamette River Valley.

For many years, the river that Julius Caeser led his army across into Italy was lost until re-identified.

A small museum built by a family that survived the Siege of Sarajevo.

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

This vessel is the final ocean-going paddle steamer in the world.

The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.

This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.

The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.

At the western edge of Palm Springs, a rugged desert canyon trail leads to a waterfall at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains.

A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

The home of president Truman during the Potsdam Conference, and the place from which the atomic bomb strike on Japan was triggered.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430.

An exquisite monument dedicated to fallen Partisan soldiers and anti-fascist fighters of Yugoslavia through symbols of gears and flowers.

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

When the Cuban government seized a Trader Vic's franchise, they unknowingly led to its preservation.

Some of the last remaining relics of one of World War II's most important invasions.