The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

An auroral research program that superheats the ionosphere.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Ecuador's largest Incan ruins show evidence of sophisticated irrigation and diplomacy among the ancient builders.

These mammoth-yet-narrow crevasses in the Earth are perfect for taking an otherworldly swim.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.