A 'living museum' in Leiden, the oldest of its kind in the Netherlands.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

Other-worldly rock formations and ancient fossils abound in this unique stretch of Nebraska badlands.

Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.

Storage units with a wartime past.

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.