Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.

In 1810, free people of color made up more of New Orleans's population than any other Southern city.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A shop for all your magical needs and notions.

The source of America's longest river is also a historical landmark and the start of a famous nude run.

Dedicated to the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross.

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

This strategically-placed fountain creates the magnificent illusion of mustangs galloping across a river.

A musical sanctuary that preserves gospel’s Golden Age is tucked inside a library at Baylor University.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.