This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

The largest garbage dump in all of Central America is home to a tragic community that make their living from the refuse.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.