The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

The unassuming structure was part of a Major League Baseball stadium.

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

The longest step street in the city.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.