Statue commemorating the use of ether in anesthesia.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Venice's island of the dead.

The ruins of an important pilgrimage destination for worshippers of a Maya fertility goddess.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

A small side chapel in Santa Fe's basilica is home to the oldest statute of the Virgin Mary in North America.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.