A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Built in 1859, this eagle-topped archway marks the entrance to Brigham Young’s property.

The only remaining vespasienne in Paris is a (stinky) relic of Resistance.

The statue mysteriously lost its head and left hand.

A sculpture in Hyannis commemorates Chief Sachem Iyannough of the Mattachiest tribe.

The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

This coastal rock formation resembles a churning cauldron at high tide.

This cave column thousands of feet below the earth’s surface is rightly named for one of the most colorful park rangers in history.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

Once a year, at exactly 11:11 a.m., this monument comes to life.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A narrow fjord-like lake, the third-deepest in the United States, runs for over 50 miles into the Cascades of Washington state.

This metal tower in the desert provides views of a handful of Nazca geoglyphs.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

This archaeological museum in one of Peru’s most intriguing regions exhibits ancient artifacts from the Nazca civilization.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.