Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

The monumental home of Prussia’s eccentric "Cannon King."

The Bauhaus-style former industrial complex is considered the world's most beautiful coal mine.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

During its heyday, 72 one-ton buckets from this dredge bore into the Powder River excavating vast gold deposits.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.