This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.

Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.

The final home of the most famous horse of the American Civil War.

In the 9th-century this small spring-fed well became the location of daily mealtime miracles for one Saxon monk.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.

On a remote footpath and surrounded by beautiful Sussex countryside sits Sussex’s smallest cemetery.

According to local folklore, this odd face on a wall of Rudyard Kipling's former home can bring visitors a bit of luck.

These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.

This weird, elephant-shaped rock also hosts two ancient tombs.

More than 100 years after his death, the world's largest steer is still attracting crowds.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

One of the last schoolhouses constructed in the early 20th-century still standing in Montgomery County.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

A tiny one-room church built after one man's prayer for healing was answered.

The Old Man of the Mountain’s less-famous, but still beloved little brother is said to resemble a leader of the Abenaki tribe.

The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.

These sailing ship-shaped chandeliers are believed to have been a gift inspired by faith.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

This hole formed by a glacier is the largest and best-preserved of its kind in Stockholm.