Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

America's smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

Features unique photographic collections by women of the American West and historical attractions such as a two-story outhouse.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

Though it won't take you far, the wood train housed at this station is the last of its kind in Japan.

This relic of transportation history still stands in this Indiana city.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.