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The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

This historic home of the shag is keeping a Southern dance tradition going strong.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A museum dedicated Germany's favorite drink and most well-known festival.

This gorgeous Peranakan mansion’s family heritage includes a century-old baby gate, which was also used to keep out irresponsible husbands.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.

Does this 10-foot-tall statue carved into a rock face depict a king afflicted by a skin condition or a Buddhist figure?

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

The remains of "the Pearl of Scotland" can be found inside this church.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

Tucked away amidst some of the most famous addresses in the world is New York’s only fraction of a street.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.