Nature is slowly overtaking this disused cemetery on the outskirts of Brussels.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

Siberian husky that delivered a life-saving antitoxin.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

Sweden's oldest street has not changed for nearly a millennium.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.