The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Also known as the Founding Church of Scientology.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A monument stands at one of the starting lines of the Trans-Canada Highway, formerly the longest uninterrupted highway in the world.

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

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.