Museum on French naval history, with magnificent figureheads, a historic diving suit, and a boat used by Napoleon.

Supposed home of the camel ridden by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

A multimedia experience that chronicles the atrocities of racism.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.