A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

A centuries old castle atop a dormant volcano houses museums devoted to both women and witches.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

Source for a sizable portion of Egypt's freshwater supply is more than an optical illusion.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

This small village claims to be independent from Italy because it was left out when the nation was unified.

In the Bahamas sits a lighthouse that is among the last of its kind.

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This gold sash was part of a massive collection of pre-Hispanic gold artifacts discovered in an isolated village in the Philippines.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

The island where one woman reigned as a "queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended.

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

The notorious couple camped at this site after a bloody shootout with police.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.