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

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the "King of the Soul Singers" ever missed.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

The world's longest known cave system.