Ghent, Belgium
Gravensteen
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
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Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Bartow, Florida
Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.
Atlanta, Georgia
Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.
East Haddam, Connecticut
Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.
Overton, Nevada
Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.
Sinaia, Romania
This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Iceland
A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.
Washington, D.C.
People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.
Nanjemoy, Maryland
The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.
Rome, Italy
This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
Abita Springs, Louisiana
A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.
Argelaguer, Spain
Wonderland replication in progress by one persistent man.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Rome, Italy
This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Boston, Massachusetts
Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Aba, China
Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
New York, New York
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.