This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.

Ever loyal to Roma, the small village of Albe in the Abruzzo region carried on until an earthquake did it in.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

A desperate final message left by a POW on the run serves as a memorial for himself and the 97 that died with him.

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Crumbling remnants of what was once a booming town full of silver.

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

A collection of grotesques lines the walls of this Italian villa.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.