The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

The narrowest street in Paris.

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

It's believed this golden brick is part of the legendary lost Aztec treasure.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

Romans decided this 16th-century "talking statue" was so ugly, they named it after a primate.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

An incredible mosaic-lined monument said to have held the remains of an ancient Roman empress.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Psychoanalyst Carl Jung reported a paranormal experience after visiting this mosaic-lined Roman baptistry.

A medieval, mosaic-lined baptistry built by a heretical Christian sect.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.