Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

A headstone tells the sad story of a lost little boy and his pet dog.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

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

In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.