The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This elaborately decorated, fairytale-like Romanian royal palace is one of the most striking castles in Europe.

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.

Something's watching you.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.