The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

The figure atop this globe is from a Serbian play about a merchant's travels around the world.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.

Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.

Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

Memorial to one of the most fatal fires in both circus and U.S. history.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

An abandoned pasta factory in the centre of Bucharest, once home to Bulgarian revolutionaries and a hub of crime.

This metro station doubles as an unintentional paleontology museum.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

This museum offers a journey back to the Belle Epoque era of Romania.