Athens, Greece
The Olive Tree of the Acropolis
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
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Athens, Greece
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Venice, Italy
In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.
Venice, Italy
Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
St. Marys, Georgia
Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Dandarah, Egypt
One of the most well-preserved temples of ancient Egypt.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Luxor, Egypt
This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Fairbanks, Alaska
North America's first frozen mummified remains of an ice age steppe bison, the 36,000 year-old mummy named "Blue Babe."
Yakutat, Alaska
Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
Prince, West Virginia
In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.
Boston, Massachusetts
Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.
Antarctica
Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.