Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

A simple plaque on the facade is the only reminder that the treaty ending the American Revolution was signed inside.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

The people's champion of the French Revolution was so overcome by grief at his wife's death that he exhumed her in the dead of night to make one final replica of her face.

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

An image of the legendary saint stands in the shadow of a cathedral she liberated.

This anatomical sculpture raises awareness about violence against women and promotes gender equality.

These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.

This army of concretions is an unexplained geological phenomenon unlike anything else in the world.

This statue honors the thousands of Allied avians that served and died for France during World War I.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

Lady Liberty's original designer installed a little clone in this French fountain.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

The haunting concrete remains of a Nazi pebble crusher can still be found in this small French commune.