These imposing walls and towers look more like the ruins of a fortress than a monastery.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

Contractors in this Oregon town have been stamping their names in sidewalks since 1908.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

A hidden church in a hidden courtyard tells the story of the Miracle of Amsterdam.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.