Mountains

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Canada’s surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

Medieval irrigation channels built into the sides of mountains provided Valais with water for hundreds of years.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.

This abandoned palace and the stupas around it conceal beautiful Buddhist frescoes, statues, and silk paintings.

The Kenyan town where the best distance runners in the world are trained.

Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.

The Cuban revolutionary looks over the country from its highest peak.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.