The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

An offbeat angle on the ocean viewed through an antiquated lens.

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.