Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

A library built during San Francisco's pioneer times is a student's retreat, bibliophile's sanctuary, and chess player's delight.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

This 18th-century sundial was designed to calculate the date of Easter each year.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

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

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Colorado Boulevard’s historic bookstore, operating since the bustling city of Pasadena was merely some orange groves and a few ostrich farms.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.