Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Discover diverse aquatic life and befriend resident turtles at this private diving grotto in north Florida.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

A tiny park in the middle of some big power politics.

A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.

An Art Nouveau gem hides beneath the layers of city grime obscuring this once-magnificent building.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

An ancient Greek monument and a Byzantine church coexist inside this cave.

View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.