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There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

This uniquely shaped rock formation is one of Scotland's most iconic mountains and gives spectacular views in all directions.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

This 20th-century replica of a 13th-century castle has itself fallen into ruin.

A prison with a more than 200-year history.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.