Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.