The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

A remote crossroads honoring a fallen talent.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.