This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

Public water fountains built during the Ottoman Era still stand throughout this seaside town.

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

The larger of two volcanic peaks rising out of the crystalline waters of the Caribbean.

This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

These memorials built by an eccentric bachelor on the side of Interstate 5 cause both wonder and traffic accidents.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A couple turned their front yard into an artistic masterpiece.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.