One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

The middle finger of modernity.

An 11th-century mountaintop fortress that played a crucial role in Italy's papal wars is now a vacation rental.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

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

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

Inspired by the more famous Scrovegni Chapel, Cappella di San Giovanni contains several amazing frescoes.

The community gathered on this stone table to make important decisions, but it was also the site of witch trials.

According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.

The first passenger cable car in the world.

Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."