This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

Statue of a decomposing prince that once held his heart in its hand.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

The remains of a town so thoroughly destroyed by French forces that the citizens simply left.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.