This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.

Beijing's World Park offers the excitement of international sites without the travel.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

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.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.