Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

At Ghana's largest wildlife refuge you feel like you're right in the animals' backyard.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.

This peaceful, round shrine in the middle of the Sri Lankan jungle acts as a beacon of peace.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

This Soviet-era athletic and recreation facility is the highest ice skating rink in the world.

The inspiration for the Patagonia Clothing logo, Cerro Fitz Roy turns pink at sunrise.

The “Thumb” of Mauritius provides a 360 degree view of the entire country.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.

The souls of the dead have made these Ghanese crocodiles shockingly docile.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.