This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

These gutted monastery ruins still stand proudly in the middle of the Italian countryside.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.

The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.

This Gothic-style church is reputedly built atop the remains of one of Jesus's apostles.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.

A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."

This deadly little sliver of beach has seen hundreds of whales beach themselves over the years.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

This strange geological landscape erupts with sudden bursts of water.

A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

These phallic stone spires once served as Tolkien's Paths of the Dead.