The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Old Danish castle immortalized in Shakespeare's Hamlet.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

Memorial to a beloved puppeteer as well as all street performers.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.