The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

A poignant memorial to a young boy whose death spurred a dramatic increase in organ donations in Italy—dubbed the "Nicholas Effect."

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.