An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A collection of Witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

This military tunnel dates back to World War II and provides visitors with a little wartime adrenaline.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

The complex has been abandoned since the Croatian War of Independence, barring a stint as a set for 'Game of Thrones.'

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.