This indie movie theater is one of only three surviving Mayan-themed theaters designed by “Detroit’s greatest theater architect.”

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Stop by this fifth-generation fish market and smokehouse for the catch of the day.

Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

A World War II–era submarine museum where visitors can spend the night aboard.

This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."

Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

This Moorish fortress has guarded Málaga from the slopes of Gibralfaro hill for nearly a thousand years.

The gardens and chambers of this Moorish citadel conjure memories of the Alhambra.

In Stone Town, Zanzibar, the city’s culture and history is told through its doors.

This penis-focused monastery is dedicated to Buddhism's "Divine Madman."

According to legend, this temple was built to pin down the body of a demoness who lay across the Himalayas.

This 17th-century Bhutanese monastery is ensconced in Buddhist legend.