This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

There are eight natural springs around town, each with a slightly different taste.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

A former church turned school, turned museum, this building houses artifacts both unusual and mundane.

Slated for demolition in 1962, the historic Pomeroy-Academia Covered Bridge was saved by conservationists.

A literal in-depth look at one of the United States' most cherished coal mines and the questionable working conditions of its laborers

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Wander down a side street dedicated to one of the members of the Beat Generation.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.