American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

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

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

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

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.