Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

This simple badlands butte is the highest point in North Dakota and may be the only high point to charge admission.

Amidst the bustling streets of Dublin, there is a hushed garden that is dedicated to "All those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom."

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.