The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Looking for a unifying history, Uzbekistan finds its answer in a 14th Century Turco-Mongol conqueror... despite the fact he wasn't Uzbek.

Touching displays of wishes for peace from the Cold War era.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.