In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A historic arena where the Beatles played their first concert in the U.S.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

A horse-drawn 1858 steam pumper fire engine encased in glass on the front lawn of a Michigan insurance company.

Perched atop a brick smokestack, this enormous lug nut symbolizes the local minor league baseball team.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A wunderkammer of gold and silver reliquaries and ancient saintly bones.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.