High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.

This ancient theater was once the home of fierce gladiatorial battles.

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.