Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

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

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

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

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

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

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

The most confusing clock in New York.