The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.