The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A water tower shaped like a giant coffee pot looms over a small Swedish village in Central California.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

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.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

A monument to one of the most famous modernist Chinese poems and its poet.

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.