Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

When he found his hometown was no more, Lowell Davis decided to recreate a "new" ghost town from scratch.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.