The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.