This church on a Tohono O'Odham reservation has stood since 1797.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

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

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Gargantuan home of Russian science.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The deepest metro station in the world.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

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