Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

Ornate "Renaissance Revival" style building.

Once a ferry dock, radio transmitter, and now a new Greenpoint park.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Phil Mortillaro uses keys to bring art back to the Village.

The most confusing clock in New York.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

New York's unstoppable progress turned this cemetery into the smallest burial ground in the city.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.