The largest living museum in the Northeast recreates life from the Early Republic period complete with costumed historians and reenactors.

Journey inside the bowels of this sperm whale sculpture.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

The Museum of the Forum of Caesar Augusta showcases the city's ancient Roman sewage system.

Human figures and faces are carved into the sandstone surrounding this cave in Czechia.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

These temples are among the oldest free-standing stone buildings in the world.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

An ancient well nestled at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, shrouded in Arthurian legend and revered for its purported healing waters.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Though its celestial ceiling is impressive, the true star is the vast collection of French books.

This lavish room at NYC's French Embassy is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

This wall on a street corner in Lower Manhattan has been a blank canvas for a rotation of renowned artists since the 1980s.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Amid skyscrapers and traffic exists this unique aquatic ecosystem.

This simple Manhattan salt house is artfully shaped... well, like a giant granule of salt.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A gift from Japan, 17th-century lantern stands among the cherry trees at D.C.'s Tidal Basin.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.