A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.