Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

100 year tradition of fist fights, marked by marble footsteps.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.