This original castle in Kendal is 1,000 years old.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

The fossilized trunk of a tree that grew around 320 million years ago.

Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.

What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.

See gorgeous frescoes at this modest Byzantine place of worship.

An annual goat race takes place within the walls of this medieval castle.

The ruins of a military fortification sit atop this mountain.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

An Art Nouveau church decorated in mother-of-pearl and aluminum.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The Cathedral of Salamanca has a number of unusual carvings but none so surprising as a modern astronaut.

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.

Defying all odds, this lonely little tree found a home on a log sticking out of a Canadian lake.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Over 40 species of fern cover the canyon walls of this lush green bowl, cut off from the bustle of the world by a cave entrance.

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.