A museum and tribute to a brave profession.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.

This unique competition celebrates an American Indian and Canadian First Nation cultural tradition.

A historic hydroelectric power plant serves as the unusual backdrop for a public park.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 book shares a surprising connection with El Salvador.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

Dating back to the second century, vestiges of prehispanic mural paintings are found in this underground palace.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

The original movie set for the home of "Star Wars" hero Luke Skywalker.

For more than 170 years, this family-run bakery has been serving Berlin’s best Baumkuchen, or “tree cake.”

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.