The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

This tiny abode has been covered in the art of the little old lady who made her life and living there.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

Site of the first official transatlantic wireless communications.

This monster fiberglass crustacean stands watch over the self-proclaimed "lobster capital of the world."

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

This futuristic German television spire is actually the world's largest digital clock.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

The body of at least one victim of a construction accident was left behind in the collapsed pylon, buried under tons of concrete.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.