This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.