A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

An anonymous art project beneath Longfellow Bridge where hundreds of trophies line the steel support beams.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

This general store near Boston was once owned by Henry Ford, who had it relocated to a different town using a team of oxen.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.