Yavapai County, Arizona
Montezuma Castle
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
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Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Yarnell, Arizona
The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.
Clarkdale, Arizona
An excursion train traverses a picturesque red-rock canyon along the Verde River.
Clarkdale, Arizona
The state's only comprehensive museum dedicated to the mineral that defined its history and economy.
Jerome, Arizona
A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Jerome, Arizona
Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.
Sankt Ingbert, Germany
This rock resembling a turned-up boot has become the symbol of St. Ingbert.
Sulzbach, Germany
Germany has its very own Centralia, whose spark remains attributed to "spontaneous combustion."
Stansted, England
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
Pfronten, Germany
Two nations form a rare four-sided border at the peak of a mountain, philosophical questions result.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Laconia, Greece
This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Psichro, Greece
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Milos, Greece
An intricate network of underground tombs carved into volcanic rock.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Moires, Greece
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
Inachori, Greece
A small island with shimmering pink sands, home to loggerhead turtles and rare plants.
Eisenach, Germany
The castle where Martin Luther secretly translated the New Testament from Greek to German while in hiding.
Munich, Germany
This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.
Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
Saalfeld, Germany
"The most colorful grottoes of the world.