Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

One of Hollywood’s favorite government buildings.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The elaborate façade of this old Cantonese opera house celebrates the building's history and the love story that founded it.

The Swedish flag over this small naval fort signals that the nation is at peace.

A cathedral resurrected from the ashes of one of Europe's greatest urban fires.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A Roman holiday is closer than you think when you use this 1916 staircase inspired by Rome's Piazza di Spagna.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Ride on a fully-restored Nike nuclear-tipped missile elevator from the Cold War.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”

27-room home built with the fortune of a sugar magnate.

Only hotel where you can legally launder money.

Guns that have been defending San Francisco since 1904.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.