No one's quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Where a guard killed nine German prisoners during one of the worst 20th-century POW camp massacres in U.S. history.

Is this statue at Naumberg Cathedral the fairest of them all?

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

The middle finger of modernity.