In addition to escorting prospective couples to and from ballrooms, this lane was also a place for gentlemen to settle scores.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

A lovely biographical museum in the artist's home of 24 years.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

This non-binary preacher formed a religious movement in the region of New York later known as the “Burned-Over District.”

This restored house is like a time capsule of the president's unconventional inauguration.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

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

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

This place bears witness to the loss of many lives during WWII, and stands in stark contrast to the American Cemetery.

The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.

This modern district offers a stark contrast to Bordeaux's terrace-lined squares and waterfront façades.

A Roman amphitheatre turned meeting spot for witches.