A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

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

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

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

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

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