The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

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

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A modern Nordic Pompeii on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.

Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.