The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.

A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

An eccentric collection of antique items shares space with a prop-quality witchcraft museum.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.