The longest burning light bulb in the world.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

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

Pay your respects to three butterfat queens.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

This hidden amusement park is a magical escape for kids and kids-at-heart.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.