A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A Parisian exterminator's shop whose storefront displays stuffed rats hanging from traps.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

"Congress may voluntarily remain in session throughout the summer, in order that our Congressmen may be protected from the intolerable discomforts and dangers of the ordinary outdoor weather!”

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

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

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.