This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The world's longest known cave system.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

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

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.