Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

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

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

A grand Gothic Revival basilica with stained glass depictions of Montreal's religious history has only one soul resting in its crypt.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Ancient serpentine sacrifice holder that has stood the test of time.

The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

Romania's triumphal arch looks out over Bucharest.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Native American artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.