The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

An artist's cute bronze subway sculptures belie his violent artistic past.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Take a stroll through the hellish grotesques of Hieronymus Bosch in this elaborate Netherlands church.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Once a purveyor of Santeria supplies, religious products , and household sundries, now closed.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.