In the Middle Ages, villagers would sound this stone trumpet to boost fertility and coax fish to shore.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.