The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

A rough granite monument marks the spot where Europeans first caught sight of the San Francisco Bay.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.

This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

Twice a day, the water of the Petitcodiac River flows upstream in a surfable wave.