A poignant memorial that traces two hundred years of German history.

The world’s oldest active sailing ship.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A dramatic coastline that’s home to a rare pine tree.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

The decor of this Hollywood movie palace just barely predated the opening of King Tut's tomb.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.