The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

A perfectly circular stronghold constructed in the 10th century is now a nucleus of Viking culture housing a museum, village, and reenactment of an epic Viking battle.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.

People come from across the globe to swim in this lake believed to have healing properties.

A rare tour of a commercial jet assembly plant, held inside one of the largest buildings in the world.

Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.

One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.