This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

The "Greatest Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.