One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Large Hadron Collider and the Birthplace of World Wide Web.

High in the clouds of San Marino sits an ancient tower with some curious prisoner graffiti.

The smaller of the three towers of San Marino is a former prison inaccessible from the ground level.