This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

Advice-columnist's bell tower, paid for with pennies.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

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

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

This poor little statue is the most vandalized memorial in Washington.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Before Metro, Washington had a robust streetcar network—and you see the remains of this infrastructure if you know where to look.