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

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

The final resting place of a legendary science fiction author and his fraternal twin sister who died as an infant.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

Blending modern art with Baroque architecture, this wondrous mosaic grotto serves as the late artist's final creation.

Birds with backpacks expedite film development for a rafting company on a remote Colorado river.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

A small store filled with animal skulls and other curiosities.

It's easy to forget what century it is as you wander this rustic homestead.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.

All that remains of this once-booming mining town are the ruins of a saloon.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.