Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

Long before Moo Deng, this 17th-century waterfowl was a cultural sensation.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.

A hidden garden of stones engraved with scriptures, a Joseph Smith Sphinx, all carved by one man.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

An enormous image of Utah's salt flats made entirely from tape.

Perched atop the highest hill in Cartagena, this 17th-century convent offers spectacular views of the city.

A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.

The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

Witness to many historic moments in early Texas history.