The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

Dispersed across 45-acres, 39 structures house a massive collection celebrating American Folk Art.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Peeing dogs guard the Roman hunting goddess atop a fountain at France’s Château de Fontainebleau.

These grassy undulations on a stretch of University of Michigan campus aren't bad landscaping, they're art.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

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