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

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

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.

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

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.