Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.