Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

The first lookout in Yosemite.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

The first location of the eventual video game giant.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Inside the simple black-and-white exterior of Église Sainte-Cécile hides a pastel wonderland.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Does being buried standing up help you get into heaven faster?

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

This remote Montana battlefield is the site of the Nez Perce Flight of 1877.

This bookstore serves recipes from the cookbooks on sale.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.