A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Nobles would stage mock naval battles on this large lake at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.