Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

A 605-page Quran penned in the blood of a dictator is locked away in a mosque.

The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The first attack on the continental U.S. during WWII occurred off the coast of a quiet California golf course.

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

Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a 70-foot-long chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

It might not be the prettiest pyramid in Egypt, but it may be the muddiest.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

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

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.