Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Drink wine handed out through a window as part of an age-old tradition.

A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.