This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.

An abandoned dollhouse factory.

The first evidence of some of the Earth's earliest life was found in this fossilized undersea grotto.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.

A treasure trove of rare and fine fabrics from around the world.

This folk art dinosaur was almost pushed to extinction due to lack of a building permit.