Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

The famous sculptor left his mark on this Italian wall in an internationally protected example of street art.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

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

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The incorrupt tongue of the patron saint of lost things is venerated in this basilica.