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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

These murals from the 1920s beautifully depict America’s industrial age.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

A trompe-l'oeil statue honoring the first guide dog in North America.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.