A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Pillars made of 700 pieces of luggage climb to the ceiling of Sacramento Airport's baggage claim.

Internationally-recognized arts center housed in a century-old former military barracks.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.