These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

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

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

This iconic science fiction house still looks like something from the future.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York's only fraction of a street.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

The ruins of this abandoned fort now stand as a picturesque reminder of America's march West.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.