Though Johnson is not actually buried here, an Atlanta-based band sponsored a headstone for him.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

An iconic photograph from the Spanish Civil War saved this shrapnel-scarred historic house from destruction.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Hundreds of mummies in a silent room, some with eerily pained expressions preserved on their faces.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

In the center of Wrocław's old meat market stands a somber tribute to the city's livestock.

Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.

This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.