A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A spitting ode to a German serial killer.

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Beggars were miraculously "cured" of their fake ailments when they returned home to this 17th century Paris slum each night.

A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

No one seems to know who suffered the disappointment at this particular place.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

An elevator into the Baltic Sea.

The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.