19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

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

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

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

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A tropical paradise just a short trip from the opera house is filled with beautiful winged creatures.

The final resting place for the remains of 143 Habsburg royalty.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.