Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.