In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

Live a night as a Byzantine King, with a minibar and private jacuzzi.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

The Cimetière des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques is one of the oldest pet cemeteries in the world.