An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.

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

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.