The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

The tallest tower in Cáceres's Old Town.

This retro underwater observation tower would make the perfect lair for a sea-loving villain.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.

An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.

This secret cemetery where no flag is allowed to fly holds the bodies of American soldiers convicted of heinous crimes during WWII.

All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.

Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.

The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This pioneer village is like a time capsule of 19th-century Australia.

This Arctic mining town is home to a cat that's spent years masquerading as a fox.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."

The corpse bride of Portugal.

The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.