A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

This contorting sculpture is the tallest in San Francisco.

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

These small stands sell Malian snacks to worshippers and passersby after Friday prayers in Harlem.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

This huge dam across the Colorado River caused an armed standoff between two U.S. states.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

A section of the long chain that blocked enemy ships from entering Constantinople.

This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

The alleged house of the Virgin Mary is tucked away in a park and nature preserve on Mt. Koressos in Turkey and is holy to both Catholics and Muslims alike.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.