Graz, Austria
Burgruine Gösting (Gösting Castle Ruins)
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
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Graz, Austria
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
Bominaco, Italy
This medieval oratory decorated in magnificent frescos was constructed after Charlemagne received a vision.
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Naples, Italy
An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.
Crotone, Italy
A single column facing the sea is all that's left of one of the most important temples of Magna Graecia.
Trapani, Italy
A never-inhabited village that was built as part of Mussolini's agricultural reforms.
San Biagio Platani, Italy
Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.
Pietragalla, Italy
Though they look like Hobbit houses, these semi-underground stone structures were built for winemaking.
Compton, Arkansas
The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.
Mount Ida, Arkansas
You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.
Jasper, Arkansas
These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.
Magnet Cove, Arkansas
Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.
Damascus, Arkansas
This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.
Yellville, Arkansas
The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
Taino, Italy
The ghostly remains of a gunpowder mill lost in 70 hectares of thick woods.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Feldbach, Switzerland
A communal oasis on Lake Zurich.
Schwangau, Germany
A unique bridge with an equally unique view.
Cornimont, France
This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Blaubeuren, Germany
In this brilliant blue spring in Germany, legend has it that a sad mermaid learned to finally laugh.