In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Before founding the American Red Cross, Clara Barton had a tremendous humanitarian impact by locating thousands of missing soldiers.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

This restored 17th century synagogue is one of the few remaining structures in Morocco’s ruined Jewish quarters.

The courtyard of this small Marinid madrasa is a dazzling example of intricate Islamic architecture.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

This 16th-century Moroccan fortress-turned-armory museum offers prime views of the historic quarter in Fes.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.

Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.

An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."