These mountain hot springs have seen power struggles, doomed romances, and a generalissimo's attempted escape from mutiny.

This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The fifth-longest natural arch in the world, and the longest outside China.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.

Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!

These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.

The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.