The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

Volunteers spent years restoring a vintage steam locomotive to operating condition.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.

The remnants of an early automobile route across shifting sand dunes can still be found in the deserts of Southern California.

Semi-recognized center of the world, with many oddities.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

An exact replica of Bill Clinton's childhood home stands within a resort in Japan.