This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

Along a busy beachfront strip you may hear Frank Sinatra singing from one boardwalk home.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Destructive children, start your engines.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.