Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

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

A striking statue commemorates the men who worked underground in Kingshill and Allanton.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.