This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

The iconic egg tart gets an upgrade with a laminated sourdough crust.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

This pole near the infield rail at Belmont Park marks the jaw-dropping margin of Secretariat’s 1973 Belmont Stakes victory.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

The famed poet was born in 1819 in a farmhouse built by his father.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The second-largest (of only two in the world) large particle collider is the underdog of experimental physics.

This century-old independent movie theater with an iconic Art Deco neon sign survived a devastating fire in 2016.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The location of this small park was once the site of an infamous public morgue.

A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.

A 16th-century fountain marks the site of a lost medieval cemetery once filled with mass graves.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.