Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

Every year locals give the bear a fresh coat of paint to preserve its signature goofy grin.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.

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

This striking icon of the disputed Republic of Artsakh caused a stir at a Eurovision Song Contest.

A visionary Italian architect created an impressive cluster of concrete structures for a family's private tomb.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

The small family-run business has kept alive the fading art of creating beautiful handmade book covers.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

A real-life replica of a home from Hayao Miyazaki's beloved movie "My Neighbor Totoro."

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

Over 1.3 million confiscated wildlife products fill this macabre menagerie of illegal animal specimens.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

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

The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.