With its vast selection of books, comics, and records, this nearly 70-year-old open-air market always rewards the patient browser.

Just outside Lesotho's capital city, a rock formation takes the shape of a powerful predator.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.

At the base of this tower, a plaque marks the original center point of the Netherlands.

The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.

A spectacular Petrine Baroque summer palace commissioned for Catherine I by Peter the Great.

Malaysia's oldest coffee roaster is also a historical landmark.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A mecca of Mexican art and cuisine just over the border.

A diorama lover's dream world.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

Take a leisurely ride on a 1906 cable car or a 1907 steam locomotive.

Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

Visitors to this temple are greeted by a massive collection of wooden dolls said to bring good fortune.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

Pick up a kebab and a credenza at this unique combination furniture store and café.