Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.

A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

The most confusing clock in New York.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

If the tunes of antique organs and musical marionettes don't intoxicate you, the draft beer certainly will.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.