This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.

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

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

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

The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.