All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A scrap-metal sculpture recalls an infamous 19th-century camel.

A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.

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

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

Some of the earliest burial grounds of New York State are to be found hidden away in this quaint town.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.

A shining treasure trove of fine Mexican silver dating back to the 15th century.

Thousands of objects tell the story of a city famous for its tobacco.

The rustic think-space of famed naturalist John Burroughs stands exactly as he left it.

The largest collection of artifacts from the Olmec civilization, the mother culture of Mesoamerica.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Thousands of flamingos and other bird species flourish in these Camargue wetlands.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.

This super-sized statue is the only public memorial to the deal that ended America's neutrality during World War II.

The monument honors the mountaineers who were part of Europe’s best anti-Nazi forces.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.