The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Rome's semi-secret peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

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

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

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.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.