The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

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

One of the largest collections of traditional Māori artifacts in New Zealand.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.