An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

The ruins of this prominent glass factory yield hidden treasures buried among the jungle floor.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The simple log cabin of a famed loner and naturalist stands preserved as a symbol of the ultimate DIY lifestyle.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

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

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.