Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

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

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

A small town Romanian cemetery filled with darkly humorous gravestones.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The world's largest rotating world.

An 18th-century home taken over by antique automatons and musical machines (Closed).

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.