There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

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

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

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

World's largest Christmas store.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying The Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

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

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.