This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.