Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.

A small marionette collection located within the dark cellars of an 11th-century Austrian castle.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Artworks by loners, prisoners and the criminally insane.

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

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.