A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

More than a millennium's worth of municipal records preserve the political history of Austria.

Physicist’s epitaph provides final confirmation to a career of turmoil.

The resting place for anonymous victims of the Danube's dark waters.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

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

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.