Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

A unusual sanctuary for abused and exotic animals in South Jersey.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.