Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
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Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
New York, New York
Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Queens, New York
A mysterious statue of a leather jacket-clad rebel leans coolly on an odd yellow clock.
Queens, New York
Where the four original members of the Ramones hung out and revolutionized punk rock.
Northport, New York
This graceful little figure is a one-of-a-kind version of the cherished character.
Amityville, New York
The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Cleveland, Ohio
The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Denver, Colorado
This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.
Denver, Colorado
This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.
Denver, Colorado
The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Phoenix, Arizona
A geological mystery on Camelback Mountain.