An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Come in, light some incense, and ignore the live snakes around you.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The birthplace of the very first human resident born in Antarctica.

Gilded heaven for philatelists and architecture freaks, still in full working order despite sitting atop tremulous ground.