San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
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San Francisco, California
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Boston, Massachusetts
The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Paisley, Scotland
The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Glasgow, Scotland
Home to one of the most popular teams in Scottish football history.
Glasgow, Scotland
This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.
Glasgow, Scotland
A humble ancient well where Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, took his final drink.
Beijing, China
Genitals, claws, and faces are served at this Beijing eatery.
Beijing, China
An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.
Beijing, China
This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Shanghai, China
A prestigious learning institute of old Shanghai.
Shanghai, China
This under-visited temple is nestled within one of Shanghai's traditional shikumen-style residential blocks.
Shanghai, China
A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.