The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.

A Faraday Cage protects cars from a nearby high-power transmitter.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

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

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

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

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

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

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Where the oil industry began.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.