The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

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

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.