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The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

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

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

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

A flamboyant five-story building in Bulgaria resembles a crawling snail.

"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.

This tiny church near Sleepy Hollow contains Henri Matisse's last work, a rose window, and nine windows by Marc Chagall.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

A massive forgotten storehouse from 1913 on the Brooklyn Waterfront has a spectacular view of Brooklyn.

This 220-year-old house is a reminder of New York City's Dutch past.

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.