You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

This ancient Irish tower could easily have stood in for Rapunzel's prison.

This single room has survived the centuries with almost no deterioration.

A Collegiate Gothic quadrangle that surrounds an 18th century secondary school whose financing came from the likes of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, among others.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."