This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.

An ancient water supply dating back almost 500 years can still be found standing in East Sussex.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.