This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

From mining complex to industrial exhibition, this museum once played a major part in the X-Files.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.