The preserved house of a jazz legend still echoes with his music.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A discreet little stairway on St. Nicholas Avenue leads to a quaint and unexpected cobblestone street of 19th century wooden rowhouses.

Granting the right of way to ships over surface traffic since 1917.

Memorial to the 137 lives lost on a ship fire, the whole hulk of which washed up on the Asbury Park shore.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.