Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Hundreds of hidden passageways weave through the old quarters of Lyon.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Obelisks and stone pineapples in the Irish countryside.

Storybook cottage in Beverly Hills was once the site of 1920s silent film studio, affectionately known as "The Witch's House."

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.