An original apothecary from 1792.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The first pet cemetery in the United States.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

This 14th century tower house was once the home of Irish poet W.B. Yeats.

The ruins of an 800-year-old monastery boasts the tallest round tower in Ireland.

This verdant, tree-lined Reykjavik graveyard is both enchanting and eerie.

Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.