The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

A memorial dedicated to those who lost their lives working in what is now a massive tourist attraction.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.

A kitschy stop on the way to Zion National Park.

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

An empty mine that some believe will suddenly be filled with fortune and treasures at the end of the world.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.