JFK's assassin rented a room in the boarding house in the weeks leading up to the 1963 shooting.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances.