This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.