Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.

A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.