The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.

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

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

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

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

This blowhole is supposedly caused by a trapped monster.