It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

Shoot for par over the bodies of the dead on this cemetery-cum-golf course.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This little replica of Lady Liberty provides a bit of NYC in a Japanese city.

A giant scale model giving a sneak peek at what urban planners see for Shanghai by 2020.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The name of this famed hospital was once a byword for the horrors of medical and psychiatric care.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

The life of one of FDR's possible mistresses is preserved in her palatial Hudson Valley mansion.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

While it now takes more than a dime to open an account this historic Brooklyn bank still displays the opulence of the gilded age in which it was built.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.