The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

Antique frame collection with 2,400 frames.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

When German-Iraqi relations broke down, this embassy was vacated post haste.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.

These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.

The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

A collection of human remains, animal body parts, and other macabre curiosities all legally for sale.

Mount Tambora is the site of the largest and deadliest volcanic eruption in recorded human history.

These abandoned huts still hold the remains of an early 20th century Australian researcher's work.

Once a year, thousands of naked cyclists flood the streets of a Seattle neighborhood.

A long-disputed lighthouse built on the wrong side of a Finnish/Swedish island.

These 13th century documents come housed in 18th century shelves organized by a 19th century historian.

The site of Stockholm's last public execution.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

More than 150 snowmobiles fill this Michigan museum.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.