It took 82 years and four different plaques to finally get the story right.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

The most confusing clock in New York.

Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.

A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

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

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.