The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A memorial to an ill-fated Holy Land mission once described by Mark Twain as “a complete fiasco.”

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

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

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

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

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.