The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.

Sit at the "Disney table,” where Walt and his team of "imagineers" once dined on the regular.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Often referred to as the largest spring in America.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

This 200-meter-high waterfall marks the site of Achilles’s immortal baptism at the mouth of the River Styx.

This open air archeological site houses almost as much wildlife as it does classical religious artifacts.

A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

One of the largest single-span stone-arch bridges in the Balkans looks like something straight out of a fairytale.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.

The ruins of this monumental city founded by the first Roman Emperor are strangely overlooked by most travelers.

Local lore says two enemy dragons live within these breathtaking mountain lakes.