Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This exoskeleton was gifted to Rutgers University by Japan for its role in educating some of the first Japanese citizens to study outside the country.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

The remains of 50,000 World War I soldiers rest under a towering arch overlooking the Alpine battlefields.

One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.

This medieval castle was home to a known tyrant and features several hidden passages.

The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

A sinister pyramid in the Frari contains the heart of the famous neoclassical sculptor.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.