Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.

Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.

This tiny cafe is one of the last meeting places of its kind, allowing revolutionaries a place to plot.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.

Since 1920, one small company has defined the distinctive chairs of Paris' sidewalk bistros.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

In the best of all possible worlds, everyone will get a chance to see this statue in which Voltaire's heart is interred.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Bits of architecture from a town destroyed in World War I now decorate this hotel garden.

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

The one-time epicenter of American songwriting is now a little remembered Manhattan commercial block.

These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.