The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."

A giant bronze monument to Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il is one of the most sacred sites in North Korea.

This small museum is basically a time capsule of daily life in the Soviet Union.

This massive monument honors the first human in space.

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.

Wellington’s longest, fastest, and steepest slide offers incredible views of New Zealand's capital.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.

Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.

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

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.

An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.