The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

A narrow passage next to a cafe leads to a courtyard exploding with murals, tags, and paste-ups.

The original burial place of this preeminent 18th-century Jewish philosopher was razed by the Nazis.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

An eerie diorama that captures the majestic nature of a few prehistoric-looking beasts.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.