The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

A copy of the Statue of Liberty greets visitors to the birthplace of Auguste Bartholdi.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

A preserved college lock-up that recalls a clubhouse approach to discipline.

Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.