The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

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

A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.

This unassuming building produced some of the world's most famous bells.

These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

The key to turning shifting dunes into the green oasis of Golden Gate Park.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.