A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

This square in downtown Eugene is dedicated to the novelist and countercultural figure Ken Kesey.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

This memorial complex contains several mass graves for victims of the Siege of Leningrad.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

One of the most well-preserved mammoth specimens in the world.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

This small-town library was the first in the world to be entirely supported by taxation.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.