The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

A plaque on the base of this statue holds a bewitching design.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

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

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

The pile of books behind the dignified writer gave the statue a most undignified nickname.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

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

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.