Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The world's largest rotating world.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."