The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.

A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.

These sculptures were created by a 17th-century artist who had never seen an elephant.

This massive, beautifully-lit underground quarry leaves visitors in awe.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

Narrow passes cut out of mountains surround the medieval capital of Japan.

Once the main gateway to Tokyo, sneaking through this checkpoint was a capital offense in feudal times.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

Access to this hidden site of a 14th-century mass suicide is prohibited, unless it is to pray for the dead.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.