The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

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

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

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

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

A massive natural rock arch gives the Tuscan mountain its own window to the sky.

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.