The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

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

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Every summer, an open-air swimming pool appears at the base of a Finnish city's beloved winter attraction.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

An impressive museum dedicated to the resource that made the Scandinavian country rich.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

Dedicated to this region's early settlements and rich history of salt mining.

The world's oldest known salt mine.

An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

The former home of Dr. E.B. Henderson, also known as the "Father of Black Basketball."

This local mascot has been a presence in the area since the 1960s.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

This eye-catching sculpture of rural life seems a bit out of place at a suburban intersection in front of a car dealership.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.