The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

The Emperor Tiberius' palace of debauchery.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.