It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A rare underwater observatory in the Caribbean that provides breathtaking views of vibrantly colored aquatic life.

Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.

A watchhouse constructed from tombstones, to make way for a burial pit, for the victims succumbing to a deadly disease.

A tiny museum dedicated to the world’s tallest true giant sits on an island he never set foot on.

A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.

This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.

The raised stones in the middle of this road through Culross are relics of a 17th-century class divide.

An outdoor display of military missiles developed at Point Mugu Naval Base.

This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.

This one-of-its-kind shipyard brings the 12th-century Viking Age back to life.