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

A simple midtown bar was once the home of a secretive and exclusive club staffed by "bunnies" under Hefner's strict rules.

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

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.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

A sculpture park of the tossed aside relics of the USSR, from Stalin to a massive Soviet emblem.

Former headquarters of the KGB.

Moscow's most popular cemetery includes the graves of numerous cosmonauts.

Dozens of padlock-trees along the Moscow River.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

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

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.