Medieval torture techniques with a modern conscience.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

A vertically floating hemlock controls the waves and weather at Crater Lake.

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

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

"Only the devil could play golf here."