Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

Overlooked amid the tourist bustle of Florence, this museum is dedicated to the craft of stone inlay.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

The lone remnant of a 16th-century palace in Old Goa.

These animal carvings stand as representations of India and Britain.

A towering work of stone and philosophy that was constructed using ancient Hindu science.

The world's largest human gathering is held at the confluence of three sacred rivers, one of which is mythical.

The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.

A 66-million-year-old rock formation stands tall over Mumbai, offering stellar city views.

Time has stopped at the house where Gandhi died.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

The Pope’s secret escape route.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

A clone of a cloned tree that was so important it allegedly had its own guards.