A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

The historic home of the pivotal political activist who led the Métis people in rebellion against the Canadian government.

A journey through 430 years of bulbiculture in the Netherlands.

The remains of Uruguayan hero José Artigas lie beneath a monument in Montevideo’s main square.

This tiny museum immortalizes the birthplace of an iconic Chinese-Korean noodle dish.

Built to be the ideal penitentiary, this abandoned panopticon saw several revolts and even a prisoners' coup.

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

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

The discovery of an old wall led to the creation of this fascinating museum about the city in the Middle Ages.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

Arizona's first government hub is a rustic cabin now preserved as part of a historical museum.

The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

Fenced off in a garden cemetery in Honduras lies the grave of the most notorious American filibuster.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

These haunting ruins of a 700-year-old Prehispanic city have witnessed centuries of wars and massacres.

The burial place of some of Mexico's most prominent residents is full of macabre stories and hidden masonic symbols.

A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

A museum in the former home of Marxist revolutionary Leon Trotsky.

The only castle in North America to ever house European sovereigns.

Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses separated by a bridge.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.