A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

A steaming, boiling hellscape sources Hokkaido's thermal baths.

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

Existing for more than four centuries, the last of Hakone’s historic teahouses serves a sweet, mold-based rice drink.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

According to legend, you must remain completely silent while passing this man-made mound or suffer the consequences.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

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

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.

A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.

The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.