A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A line of abandoned, alien-like fortresses dot the mountains of North Italy.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.