This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

This archaeological museum in an 18th-century mansion showcases the country’s finest examples of pre-Columbian ceramics.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

Over two centuries old and counting, Madrid's massive botanical garden contains one of Europe's only desert environments.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.