This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.