The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Beatlemania is still going strong... at least in Kazakhstan.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

The highest peak in the state of Vermont has some interesting features.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

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

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years old and harbors many surprises.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.