In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

This colorful but controversial ceiling has been likened to a 21st-century Sistine Chapel.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

The birthplace of the man who patented the cotton gin and pioneered interchangeable parts.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

This memorial honors thousands of enslaved Africans and their descendants who died in colonial New York.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

Thanks to the building of a life-giving reservoir, part of the Great Wall of China is now a dive site.

This location holds the truth to what truly happened that faithful night.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.