The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

A nondescript Seattle restaurant inherited a piece of European history.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

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

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

This massive boulder is either a unique rock formation created by glacial melt or a magic energy vortex.