An ongoing medieval tradition of communal pig husbandry is honored with a handsome granite sculpture.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This Gothic church was wheeled in its entirety to a new location a half a mile away.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Australia's largest medical museum featuring a 19th-century pharmacy.

A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.

This 15th century pharmacy displays a beautiful collection of ancient medicine jars.

Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.

One of the world's largest collections of pharmaceutical artifacts.

A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.

Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.

300 years of pharmaceutical history on display.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

From buck blood to Theriak miracle tonic, this collection of Renaissance chemist's gear look's like a wizard's pantry.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A stunning 18th century pharmacy and medieval chemist's collection.