A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

This museum was invented in a novel before being made real by the author.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Large collection from the 3rd millennium BCE.

A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.