Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

Believed to be inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

This sea stack in Cyprus is traditionally seen as the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

An ancient necropolis of magnificent tombs.

Legend holds that the Ancient Greek goddess of love once bathed in the waters of this grotto.

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.

This old building has served as a bank, post office, library, and city hall.

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

An architectural marvel that combines Gothic architecture with Indian elements.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.