Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Mystic Incan rock piles three miles above sea level.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.

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

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

This ancient village is peopled by a religious minority and is still using some of the same materials it was built with thousands of years ago.

What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

19th century cemetery hidden in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.