This small electronics museum is full of whirring, humming, clicking ephemera.

Remarkably preserved body discovered in a peat bog.

In Florence's great Duomo, a 26 foot fresco honors a mercenary famous for attacking Florence.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

One-layer pyramid in Indiana.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

The world's tallest church tower reveals a spectacular view to anyone up to the task of climbing the daunting staircase.

Bring out your dead (saints that have been festooned and bejeweled, so that we can parade them around the town)!

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.