A blast from the past in central San Diego.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

A small arthouse cinema in Bend, Oregon showing independent films in a tucked away historic alley

This might be the most famous abandoned hotel in the Caribbean.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Why trying to get lost in the old quarters of Essaouira may be harder than you think

A rather creepy sign alludes to the bizarre and famous history of the "green children of Woolpit"

A former church transformed into a public library.

This former prison now houses a lovely library devoted to Quebec's oft-maligned English-speaking history.

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

A remote memorial to Major Michael Adams, the only test pilot to lose his life in the X-15 rocket plane program

Atop this iconic central Brighton monument sits an inaccurate but innovative time keeping device

A Provincetown shop that sells exactly one thing — a pink cupcake — and whose owner fought the town for the right to keep selling it.

A 3,500-ton British turret steamer, carrying coal, ran aground here in 1914

A cheeky name, colorful merchandise, and spooky ghost stories

Where a plague-quarantined village left vinegar-soaked coins for supplies

Mysterious prehistoric grooves carved into the Maltese rock, purpose unknown

An Iron Age hillfort above Britain's oldest chalk figure

Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.

Historical marker that is a mini replica of the original in New York.