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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Downtown Minneapolis mixed art and function by turning some of their sewer covers into works of art.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.