A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

Dress up like a miner and take a slide into the disco-lit depths of this once foundational salt mine.

This small cafe aims to empower acid attack victims and stop violence against women in India.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

Home of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of Finland.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Each year, one talented artist puts on a show sculpting twelve butter-based busts of dairy princesses.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.